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Sunday, July 25, 2010
You have liberty not because of where you live but because of the fact that you dwell in
the kingdom of God. God purchased that liberty for you. There are many religions that claim to give liberty but
in reality they bring bondage: Bondage to a law or servitude to tradition and they put you under their rules without
allowing you to realize that you are free, or some will enslave you if you do not obey them. Only God can bring liberty
to man for Only God can deliver man from sin. You cannot have liberty without being free from sin. Sin had to be dealt with
and it was dealt with on Calvary. I must see myself not through my sin but through the cross of Jesus. If I choose to see
myself by my fleshly deeds then I am no better then someone who sees themselves by religious principles for instead
of having a relationship with God I have now degraded it into a religion. The uniqueness of Christianity is that it
is a relationship with God - 1 on 1 a personal relationship one that does not go through a priest or any other religious
leader and that you can personally know God and have him live in you.
Do you desire to be free from the bondage of the law that puts the focus on your doings instead of a relationship
that focuses on just being. HE did the work all HE wants from you is to BE. When you allow yourself to just BE
then HIS WORK will flow through you and you will see the lame walk and blind see, the dead raised and lives changed.
The Spirit of God will work through those who let Him. HE must drive your car, so give him the keys and be content to
sit and enjoy the ride. God can make you give him control but he wants you to willingly give it. So the liberty comes when
you give up trying to do and let God BE in your life. If you desire
to be free then renew your mind by focusing on grace and letting God do the work for you, come and allow your freedom to explode
into joy regardless of what is going on in your life. Speak your joy and it will produce peace in your life. Liberty
is not just freedom, but liberty is letting go of the bondage that you had and experiencing freedom after you knew what bondage
was. The shout give me liberty was by someone who wanted to be free from the tyranny they were under at the time. You have
liberty but some of us do not realize the depth of what we were saved from, so the appreciation ofit is not as
great as ones who were delivered from some life threatening situation, but our liberty cost just as much. Let us focus
on the greatness and goodness of God so we can enjoy what HE provided and then our joy will be full.
Pastor Don Carson Word of Grace Fellowship
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