WHAT IS THE PRICE OF
FREEDOM?
JOHN 8:32 AND JOHN 8:36
1. AMERICA THE BELOVED
A. LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE
BRAVE.
B. LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY.
C. LAND OF GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES.
D. LAND OF FREEDOM.
2. AMERICA TRULY IS THE GREATEST, MOST
WONDERFUL, MOST BEAUTIFUL AND THE MOST
POWERFUL NATION ON EARTH.
A. GOD SURELY HAS BLESSED THIS COUNTRY.
B. HE HAS ABUNDANTLY GIVEN US HIS LOVE AND
PROTECTION.
3. NOT THE CHRISTIANS TRUE HOME.
A. WE LIVE IN TWO WORLDS
B. PRESENT DAY WORLD.
1. WE NEED TO THANK GOD WE WERE BORN IN
AMERICA
C. THE WORLD OF BLESSED HOPE WHICH IS TO
COME.
1. WE HAVE ETERNAL RESERVATION THERE
2. EVERY BORN TWICE CHRISTIANS.
3. TITUS 2:13 TELLS US TO LOOK FORWARD
FOR THAT BLESSED HOPE AND THE GLORIOUS
APPEARING OF THE GREAT GOD AND OUR
SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST
4. JESUS SAID: I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE
FOR YOU AND IF I GO I WILL RETURN UNTO
YOU, SO THAT WHERE I AM YOU MAY BE
ALSO.
3. WHAT IS FREEDOM TO YOU?
A. WE CAN ASK PEOPLE; ALL WILL SAY
DIFFERENTLY
1. I CAN CHOOSE MY OWN VOCATION
2. I CAN SELECT MY COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY
3. LAND OF OPPORTUNITY-I CAN BE
PRESIDENT.
4. I CAN EXPRESS MY OPINONS WITHOUT FEAR
OF REPRISAL.
5. YOUNG PERSON MIGHT SAY IT MEANS
FREEDOM FROM PARENTAL AUTHORITY
6. OTHERS I HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORSHIP AS
I CHOOSE
7. OLDER PERSON MIGHT SAY IT MEANS ESCAPE
FROM MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
B. THIS FREEDOM IS SO ELUSIVE.
1. WE CAN HAVE IT AND ITS GONE THE NEXT
MINUTE
2. WHAT THEN IS REAL AND TRUE FREEDOM.
C. ASK APOSTLE PAUL.
1. I AM AN AMBASSADOR IN BONDS.
2. I AM A PRISONER OF THE LORD.
3. I COUNT IT ALL JOY JUST TO SERVE HIM.
4. CHAINED TO ROMAN GUARDS.
A. ALL POWER OF ROMAN EMPIRE CHAINED
TO PAUL.
B. WHO WAS REALLY FREE?
5. EVERYONE OF US WAS SLAVES TO SIN AND
SATAN
1. OUR HOME AN ETERNAL HELL
2. WE CRIED OUT TO JESUS TO SAVE US
3. THOSE CHAINS OF HELL TURNED US
LOOSE
4. BECAME FREE WITH A NEW HOME, HEAVEN
D. ASK GOD ABOUT TRUE FREEDOM.
1. LORD WHAT IS TRUE FREEDOM?
A. 2 COR 3:17 NOW THE LORD IS THAT
SPIRIT AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE
LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY.
1. HE SAYS TRUE FREEDOM IS WHERE
THE LORD IS.
2. IF HE DWELLS IN US WE HAVE
FREEDOM.
B. THE LORD ALSO SAYS: JOHN 8:32 AND
YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE
TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE.
2. THEN IF FREEDOM IS TRUTH WHAT THEN IS
TRUTH?
A. LORD YOU CANNOT LIE. YOU HAVE SAID
IN YOUR WORD IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU
TO LIE. PLEASE TELL US WHAT TRUTH
IS.
B. WE HEAR THIS PRECIOUS WORDS:
JOHN 14:6 I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH
AND THE LIFE, NO MAN COMETH TO THE
FATHER BUT BY ME.
1. JESUS THEN IS TRUTH, JESUS IS
FREEDOM
3. WHAT IS THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
A. THERE IS A GREAT PRICE TO FREEDOM.
1. GREAT PRICE IN BOTH WORLDS; THE
WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN NOW, AND
THAT GREAT GLORIOUS WORLD TO
COME.
B. ASK AMERICA WHAT THE PRICE OF
FREEDOM IS
1. SHE WILL TELL UP OF AMERICAN
BLOOD SHED IN MANY WARS.
2. SHE WILL TELL YOU OF THE ANQUISH
AND TEARS OF MOTHERS.
3. SHE WILL TELL YOU OF MEN AND
WOMEN OF GREAT COURAGE READY TO
GIVE THEIR LIVES IF NEED BE,
JUST TO BE FREE.
4. SHE WILL TELL YOU OF
PREPAREDNESS AND WATCHFULNESS
REQUIRED.
5. SHE WILL TELL YOU THAT FREEDOM
DEMANDS RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHER
NATIONS.
6. SHE WILL TELL YOU THAT FREEDOM
MEANS HONESTY AND INTEGRITY.
B. ASK GOD THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
1. GENESIS STORY
2. HOW GOD LOVE US
3. HOW WE FELL AWAY FROM THAT LOVE
4. SLAVERY AND BONDAGE
5. ALL FELL UNDER SATANS AUTHORITY.
6. HELD CAPTIVE BY SIN
A. WE WERE IN BONDAGE-CHAINED TO
AN ETERNAL HELL.
7. BUT GOD SAID I LOVED YOU SO MUCH
THAT I PAID A GREAT PRICE TO
REDEEM YOU FROM THE CHAINS OF
SATAN
A. JOHN 3:16 FOR GOD SO LOVED US
SO MUCH THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY
BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WE
BELIEVING IN HIM SHOULD NOT
PERISH, BUT HAVE ETERNAL
LIFE.
B. WHAT A PRICE.
1. 1 COR 6:19-20 What? know
ye not that your body is
the temple of the Holy
Ghost [which is] in you,
which ye have of God, and
ye are not your own? YOU
WERE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE
2. TRUE FREEDOM HIMSELF DIED
ON THE CROSS THAT WE MIGHT
HAVE ETERNAL FREEDOM.
C. John 8:36. IF THE SON
THERFORE SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
YOU SHALL BE FREE INDEED.
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