JANUARY OF 1941, 11 MONTHS BEFORE THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GAVE A STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH.
IT BECAME KNOWN AS “THE FOUR FREEDOMS” SPEECH.
ROOSEVELT SAID;
IN THE FUTURE DAYS, WHICH WE SEEK TO MAKE SECURE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO A WORLD FOUNDED UPON FOUR ESSENTIAL HUMAN FREEDOMS.
THE FIRST IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION—EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
THE SECOND IS FREEDOM OF EVERY PERSON TO WORSHIP GOD IN HIS OWN WAY—EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
THE THIRD IS FREEDOM FROM WANT—WHICH, TRANSLATED INTO WORLD TERMS, MEANS ECONOMIC UNDERSTANDINGS WHICH WILL SECURE TO EVERY NATION A HEALTHY PEACETIME LIFE FOR ITS INHABITANTS EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
THE FOURTH IS FREEDOM FROM FEAR—WHICH, TRANSLATED INTO WORLD TERMS, MEANS A WORLD-WIDE REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS TO SUCH A POINT AND IN SUCH A THOROUGH FASHION THAT NO NATION WILL BE IN A POSITION TO COMMIT AN ACT OF PHYSICAL AGGRESSION AGAINST ANY NEIGHBOR—ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
THAT IS NO VISION OF A DISTANT MILLENNIUM. IT IS A DEFINITE BASIS FOR A KIND OF WORLD ATTAINABLE IN OUR OWN TIME AND GENERATION.
THAT KIND OF WORLD IS THE VERY ANTITHESIS OF THE SO-CALLED NEW ORDER OF TYRANNY WHICH THE DICTATORS SEEK TO CREATE WITH THE CRASH OF A BOMB.
TO THAT NEW ORDER WE OPPOSE THE GREATER CONCEPTION—THE MORAL ORDER.
A GOOD SOCIETY IS ABLE TO FACE SCHEMES OF WORLD DOMINATION AND FOREIGN REVOLUTIONS ALIKE WITHOUT FEAR.
IN THE WORLD OF 1941, ROOSEVELT’S FOUR FREEDOMS WERE RADICAL AND SIMPLE IDEAS THAT ANYONE COULD ASPIRE TO.
THEY ARE GREAT IDEALS.
ALL OF US WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD FREE TO SPEAK AND EXPRESS OURSELVES.
EACH ONE OF US WANTS THE FREEDOM TO WORSHIP GOD.
ALL OF US WANT THE FREEDOM TO FULFILL EVERY GOOD HUMAN DESIRE.
ALL OF US WANT TO LIVE FREE FROM FEAR AND OPPRESSION.
BUT WHILE ROOSEVELT LIVED IN A LESS COMPLEX SOCIETY THAN WE, HE PROBABLY NEVER DREAMED THAT MODERN MAN WOULD TAKE THE LIBERTIES THAT WE HAVE TAKEN WITH LIBERTY.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE OBSCENITY, PROFANITY AND EVERY ABSURD DECLARATION.
FREEDOM TO WORSHIP NOW INCLUDES OBEISANCE AND OBLATIONS TO THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOD.
FREEDOM FROM WANT HAS TAKEN US DOWN THE ROAD AND THROUGH THE PORTAL TO ABORTION ON DEMAND AND NOW SAME SEX MARRIAGE.
FREEDOM FROM FEAR NOW INCLUDES FREEDOM FROM FEAR OF THE LIVING GOD.
THE DAY ROOSEVELT SPOKE OF IS HERE
HE WAS RIGHT! BUT THE TYRANNICAL POWERS THAT HE SPOKE OF ARE NO LONGER IMPERIAL JAPAN, COMMUNISM AND THE NAZI HORDES.
THE POWERS THAT ROOSEVELT SPOKE OF NOW PRACTICE A DIFFERENT FORM OF TYRANNY.
THEY PREACH A GOSPEL THAT SAYS “DO, DAY AND BE WHATEVER YOU WANT!”
“REALITY DOES NOT APPLY. YOU CAN BE ANY TYPE OF PERSON YOU WANT AS LONG AS YOU ARE HAPPY WITH YOURSELF.”
THIS TYRANNY’S PABULUM IS A DISPROPORTIONAL LIBERTARIANISM THAT IS NO REAL FREEDOM AT ALL.
JESUS CAME TO EARTH TO GIVE MEN REAL FREEDOMS.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH. FREEDOM TO WORSHIP. FREEDOM FROM WANT AND FREEDOM FROM FEAR.
JESUS GIVES THE CITIZENS OF HIS KINGDOM, FOUR, EVEN FIVE FREEDOMS THAT ARE NECESSARY, REAL AND ETERNAL.
FOUR FREEDOMS THAT AN ARMY DIDN’T HAVE TO FIGHT FOR.
GOVERNMENTS DIDN’T HAVE TO LEGISLATE BUT ONE MAN HAD TO DIE FOR.
BUT BEFORE WE START THAT PART OF THE LESSON, LET’S PRAY.
WE SAID THAT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S SPEECH WAS GIVEN BEFORE US INVOLVEMENT WAS PROVOKED BY JAPAN.
BUT ROOSEVELT SPOKE OUT OF CONCERN FOR THE WAR IN EUROPE.
THERE THE NAZI’S HAS SUPPRESSED CERTAIN TYPES OF SPEECH SINCE 1937.
THESE DAYS, WHILE WE CAN’T AGREE WITH THOSE WHO WANT TO SHUT DOWN CHARLIE HEBDO, FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN 2015 IS STILL BEING ABUSED.
TODAY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH INCLUDES VULGARITY AND PORNOGRAPHY.
AND DON’T THINK THAT THIS IS ANYTHING NEW. (MAMA RED SOAP OPERA STORY) I COULDN’T WATCH CARTOONS AT THREE. THE SOAPS WITH THEIR ELICIT SEX, MURDER AND BLACKMAIL. RAN ALL DAY SUNDAY’S WE WATCHED TAWDRY - PERRY MASON)
FREEDOM OF SPEECH NOW INCLUDES RISQUÉ TELEVISION.
AND WHILE THE WORDS ARE BLEEPED OUT, THE FREQUENCY AT WHICH WE HEAR THE “BEEPS” SHOULD TELL US SOMETHING.
EVEN IN OUR MUSIC, ANOTHER ABILITY GIVEN TO MAN BY GOD TO EXPRESS OURSELVES AND OUR EMOTIONS,
WHILE TO SOME EARS IT’S ALL BANGING AND CLATTERING, SOME, MODERN MUSIC IS VIOLENT AND SUGGESTIVE.
EVEN BLASPHEMY OF THE LORD GOD IS ALLOWED. IT WASN’T LIKE THAT BEFORE.
THE EXPANSION OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS THE RESULT OF MAN’S CLAMORING AND DEMANDING HIS “RIGHTS”.
WE WANT TO CROSS THE LINE! WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR TRUE FEELINGS!
WE WANT TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS WITH ALL THE VIGOR AND VEHEMENCE AND VITRIOL THAT WE CAN MUSTER.
PROVERBS 29:11 - A FOOL GIVES FULL VENT TO HIS SPIRIT, BUT A WISE MAN QUIETLY HOLDS IT BACK.
SPEAKING ONE’S MIND IS FINE. IT IS HONEST AND NECESSARY IN SOME CASES.
IN OTHER CASES IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY. BUT IN ANY CASE SCRIPTURE ENCOURAGES EACH MAN TO CONSIDER HIS SPEECH. ALL
PROVERBS 7:28 - EVEN A FOOL WHO KEEPS SILENT IS CONSIDERED WISE; WHEN HE CLOSES HIS LIPS, HE IS DEEMED INTELLIGENT
PROVERBS 15:1-2 - A SOFT ANSWER TURNS AWAY WRATH, BUT A HARSH WORD STIRS UP ANGER. THE TONGUE OF THE WISE COMMENDS KNOWLEDGE, BUT THE MOUTHS OF FOOLS POUR OUT FOLLY.
PROVERBS 17:27 - WHOEVER RESTRAINS HIS WORDS HAS KNOWLEDGE, AND HE WHO HAS A COOL SPIRIT IS A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING.
BUT SOMEONE SAYS “WHAT ABOUT MY RIGHTS? WHAT ABOUT MY FREEDOM TO EXPRESS MYSELF”?
IF YOU ARE IN CHRIST, IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SPECIFIC KIND OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
EPHESIANS 4:7-16
IN CHRIST YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN GRACE. IN GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN GIVE FREEDOM.
FREEDOM TO SHARE THE UNITY OF CHRIST. FREEDOM TO GROW AND TO MATURE IN HIM.
FREEDOM TO SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE.
HOW DO WE SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE?
COLOSSIANS 4:6 - LET YOUR SPEECH ALWAYS BE GRACIOUS, SEASONED WITH SALT, SO THAT YOU MAY KNOW HOW YOU OUGHT TO ANSWER EACH PERSON.
JAMES 1:26 – IF ANYONE THINKS HE IS RELIGIOUS AND DOES NOT BRIDLE HIS TONGUE BUT DECEIVES HIS HEART, THIS PERSON'S RELIGION IS WORTHLESS. (NOT JUST SPEAKING OF BAD LANGUAGE BUT OF FRIVOLOUS WORDS WITH SINFUL INTENT)
JAMES 3:9-10 - WITH IT WE BLESS OUR LORD AND FATHER, AND WITH IT WE CURSE PEOPLE WHO ARE MADE IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD. FROM THE SAME MOUTH COME BLESSING AND CURSING. MY BROTHERS, THESE THINGS OUGHT NOT TO BE SO.
SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE IS BEING HONEST BUT KIND.
IT IS SUBMITTING TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO GIVE A CORRECT RESPONSE.
SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE IS KNOWING THE ENCOURAGING THING TO SAY AND WHEN TO SAY IT.
SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE IS DEVELOPING THE TACT AND THE SINCERITY TO SAY “I DON’T APPROVE OF THAT. BUT I DO LOVE YOU.”
SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE IS MAINTAINING A RELATIONSHIP WITH A PERSON OF THE WORLD AND NOT CONDEMNING THAT PERSON FOR A BAD CHOICE OR A SINFUL LIFESTYLE.
HOW MANY TIME HAVE WE “TOLD A PERSON OFF” ABOUT THEMSELVES OR THEIR BEHAVIOR AND THEY CHANGED?
ONLY IN CHRIST IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION FULLY REALIZED BECAUSE ONLY IN CHRIST CAN WE LEARN AND BE GIVEN THE ABILITY THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE.
THE SECOND FREEDOM FOUND IN CHRIST IS THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
IN THE WORLD TODAY THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 4,200 RELIGIONS.
4,200 BELIEF SYSTEMS. MEN CALL THEM “FAITH” BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS “ONE FAITH” EPHESIANS 4:5
FREEDOM OF RELIGION TODAY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ANY AND EVERY GOD.
FROM THE GODS OF HINDUISM AND THE TEN AVATARS OF VISHNU TO AHURA MAZDA AND THE ZOROASTRIANS PAGANISM DID NOT DIE IN THE DARK AGES.
RECENTLY ISLAM ANOTHER FALSE RELIGION DELIVERED BY THE DEVIL TO MEN HAS COME TO PROMINENCE.
WITH ALL THE RELIGIOUS CHOICES TO BE MADE, THE MYRIAD OF GODS OFFERED BY THE WORLDS RELIGIONS DISCOURAGES CONVERSION AND EVANGELISM.
I ONCE HAD A CHRISTIAN SISTER SAY; “IF PEOPLE CHOOSE TO WORSHIP ALLAH. THEY HAVE MADE THEIR CHOICE. WHY DO WE NEED TO BOTHER THEM?”
FREEDOM TO WORSHIP FOR A CHRISTIAN IS NOT JUST THE LIBERTY TO GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY.
FREEDOM TO WORSHIP INCLUDES THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE AND THE RIGHT TO PROPAGATE OUR FAITH.
REAL FREEDOM OF RELIGION LOOKS TO SET RIGHT THE POOR CHOICES THAT MEN HAVE MADE REGARDING THEIR LIVES AND THE OBJECT OF WORSHIP.
ROMANS 8:12-16 - SO THEN, BRETHREN, WE ARE UNDER OBLIGATION, NOT TO THE FLESH, TO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH— FOR IF YOU ARE LIVING ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, YOU MUST DIE; BUT IF BY THE SPIRIT YOU ARE PUTTING TO DEATH THE DEEDS OF THE BODY, YOU WILL LIVE. FOR ALL WHO ARE BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THESE ARE SONS OF GOD. FOR YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SPIRIT OF SLAVERY LEADING TO FEAR AGAIN, BUT YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SPIRIT OF ADOPTION AS SONS BY WHICH WE CRY OUT, “ABBA! FATHER!” THE SPIRIT HIMSELF TESTIFIES WITH OUR SPIRIT THAT WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD, AND IF CHILDREN, HEIRS ALSO, HEIRS OF GOD AND FELLOW HEIRS WITH CHRIST, IF INDEED WE SUFFER WITH HIM SO THAT WE MAY ALSO BE GLORIFIED WITH HIM.
IN CHRIST, FREEDOM TO WORSHIP IS UNLOCKED. IT CREATES THE OBLIGATION TO WORSHIP THE TRUE AND LIVING GOD.
ONLY IN CHRIST IS THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD TO MAN REVEALED AND REALIZED.
ONLY IN CHRIST CAN MEN FIND THE FREEDOM TO HAVE THEIR HEARTS PROVOKED TO OBEISANCE TO THE GUARDIAN OF THE SOULS OF MEN.
CHRIST ALSO GIVES FREEDOM FROM WANT. IF WE WANT IT.
PHILIPPIANS 4:10-14 - BUT I REJOICED IN THE LORD GREATLY, THAT NOW AT LAST YOU HAVE REVIVED YOUR CONCERN FOR ME; INDEED, YOU WERE CONCERNED BEFORE, BUT YOU LACKED OPPORTUNITY. NOT THAT I SPEAK FROM WANT, FOR I HAVE LEARNED TO BE CONTENT IN WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCES I AM. I KNOW HOW TO GET ALONG WITH HUMBLE MEANS, AND I ALSO KNOW HOW TO LIVE IN PROSPERITY; IN ANY AND EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE I HAVE LEARNED THE SECRET OF BEING FILLED AND GOING HUNGRY, BOTH OF HAVING ABUNDANCE AND SUFFERING NEED. I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH HIM WHO STRENGTHENS ME. NEVERTHELESS, YOU HAVE DONE WELL TO SHARE WITH ME IN MY AFFLICTION.
MEN HAVE ALWAYS WANTED SOMETHING.
I CAN IMAGINE THE FIRST GREAT LONGING OF ADAM WAS TO RETURN TO THE GARDEN LOST BY HIS SIN.
ABRAHAM’S GREAT DESIRE? TO HAVE A SON OF HIS OWN FLESH.
MOSES AMBITION? TO LEAD HIS PEOPLE TO THE PROMISED LAND.
PROVERBS 16:9 - THE MIND OF MAN PLANS HIS WAY,
BUT THE LORD DIRECTS HIS STEPS.
EACH MAN BEGINS WITH A PLAN FOR HIS LIFE. IN THAT PLAN THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT AND NEED FOR OUR SUCCESS.
WE MAY THINK THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR OURSELVES BUT IN BACK OF ALL OUR ACHIEVEMENT, GOD IS THERE.
HE PROVIDES THE ELEMENTS FOR OUR EXISTENCE AND HE IS CAPABLE OF FULFILLING THE WANTS OF MAN.
PSALM 37:4 – DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART.
WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE UNFULFILLED WANTS AND IF GOD IS ABLE TO GIVE US WHAT WE DESIRE?
BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY REALLY WANT.
HOW DO WE CATEGORIZE THE WANT THAT IS THE “HEART’S DESIRE”?
THINK ABOUT THAT. WHAT DO YOU WANT DOWN DEEP IN YOUR HEART?
IT’S REALLY NOT FAME AND FORTUNE. IT’S REALLY NOT THE BIG OR FAST CAR.
YOUR HEART ISN’T CRYING OUT FOR WEALTH AND POWER.
THE HEART OF MAN IS CRYING OUT FOR RECOGNITION OF OUR HUMANITY.
THE HEART OF MAN DESIRES SAFETY AND SECURITY.
WHAT THE HEART OF MAN REALLY WANTS IS PEACE!
PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7 – BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING, BUT IN EVERYTHING BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION WITH THANKSGIVING LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN TO GOD. AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH SURPASSES ALL COMPREHENSION, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS.
FREEDOM FROM WANT IS REALIZED IN CHRIST AS HE FULFILLS OUR GREATEST WANT, PEACE WITH GOD.
HE CREATED US SO HE KNOWS WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO AND FOR US.
FREEDOM FROM WANT IS CONQUERED IN CHRIST AS WE ARE FORGIVEN IN HIM FOR EACH AND EVERY SIN.
FREEDOM FROM WANT IS SATISFIED BY THE LOVE AND MERCY OF GOD.
THAT GRACE REACHES DOWN DEEP INSIDE TO THE HUMAN HEART WHERE WE NEED IT CLEANSES OUR CONSCIENCES.
THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF GOD WE ARE GIVEN POWER AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO LIVE FOR THE LORD.
OUR WANTS BECOME THE THINGS THAT GOD WANTS FOR US AS WE ARE TAUGHT BY HIM WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR LIVES.
2 PETER 1:1-3 - SIMON PETER, A BOND-SERVANT AND APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST, TO THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED A FAITH OF THE SAME KIND AS OURS, BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF OUR GOD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST: GRACE AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED TO YOU IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS OUR LORD; SEEING THAT HIS DIVINE POWER HAS GRANTED TO US EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO LIFE AND GODLINESS, THROUGH THE TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM WHO CALLED US BY HIS OWN GLORY AND EXCELLENCE.
FREEDOM FROM WANT IS REALIZED IN CHRIST AS THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS HAS THE INSIDE SCOOP ON EACH MAN’S HEART’S DESIRE.
JESUS IS AWARE OF ALL OUR WANTS THAT ARE LEGITIMATE. HE IS WILLING AND ABLE TO FULFILL THEM ALL.
AND FINALLY, THROUGH CHRIST, FREEDOM FROM FEAR CAN BE FOUND.
1 JOHN 4:18 – THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE; BUT PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR, BECAUSE FEAR INVOLVES PUNISHMENT, AND THE ONE WHO FEARS IS NOT PERFECTED IN LOVE.
WHEN I WAS A CHILD MY GREATEST FEAR WAS OF DEATH.
MY GRANDFATHER HAD DIED WHEN I WAS 3 AND SOMEHOW I REMEMBERED THE SADNESS OF THAT OCCASION.
MY FATHER WAS A MORTICIAN SO I BECAME FAMILIAR WITH THE LUGUBRIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES OF FUNERALS.
I CAN REMEMBER PRAYING AS A LITTLE BOY NOT TO SLEEP SOUNDLY, BUT TO JUST WAKE UP, ALIVE!
WHAT WERE YOU AFRAID OF AS A CHILD? DEATH? BEING EMBARRASSED? BEING ALONE?
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF NOW? DEATH? BEING EMBARRASSED? BEING ALONE?
COULD IT BE THAT WE ARE ALL AFRAID OF WHAT LIES BEYOND THIS LIFE?
CHRIST HAS COME TO GIVE EACH MAN FREEDOM FROM FEAR.
IN HIM WE DON’T NEED TO FEAR EMBARRASSMENT. IN HIM WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN CONFIDENCE.
ROMANS 1:16 - FOR I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL, FOR IT IS THE POWER OF GOD FOR SALVATION TO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES, TO THE JEW FIRST AND ALSO TO THE GREEK.
IN CHRIST OUR FEAR OF BEING ALONE IS TAKEN AWAY AS WE ARE ADDED TO THE BODY OF CHRIST.
HEBREWS 10:24-25 – AND LET US CONSIDER HOW TO STIMULATE ONE ANOTHER TO LOVE AND GOOD DEEDS, NOT FORSAKING OUR OWN ASSEMBLING TOGETHER, AS IS THE HABIT OF SOME, BUT ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER; AND ALL THE MORE AS YOU SEE THE DAY DRAWING NEAR
IN CHRIST OUR FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN ETERNITY IS REMOVED AS WE ARE MOTIVATED BY THE PROMISE OF GOD.
1 THESSALONIANS 4:13-18 - BUT WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE UNINFORMED, BRETHREN, ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE ASLEEP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT GRIEVE AS DO THE REST WHO HAVE NO HOPE. FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, EVEN SO GOD WILL BRING WITH HIM THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP IN JESUS. FOR THIS WE SAY TO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD, THAT WE WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTIL THE COMING OF THE LORD, WILL NOT PRECEDE THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP. FOR THE LORD HIMSELF WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL AND WITH THE TRUMPET OF GOD, AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST. THEN WE WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN WILL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR, AND SO WE SHALL ALWAYS BE WITH THE LORD. THEREFORE COMFORT ONE ANOTHER WITH THESE WORDS.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH – IN CHRIST, SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE.
FREEDOM OF WORSHIP – IN CHRIST, TO WORSHIP GOD IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.
FREEDOM FROM WANT – IN CHRIST WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR LIFE AND GODLINESS.
FREEDOM FROM FEAR – IN THE PERFECT LOVE OF GOD IN CHRIST THERE IS NO FEAR.
