In Christ, we have truly been set free. The question before us is not, “Are we really free?”—We are! The real question is, “What will we do with our freedom?” Do we love our Master enough to trust Him if we give up our “freedom” for Him and turn our freedom over to Him?
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Today we are going to take a step back and look at the “big picture.” We are going to look at some key, core truths that flow out of all that we have been discussing in this study. Our identity is shaped by those we are in relationship with. Father God has worked in Christ through the Holy Spirit to love us, empower us, accept us and set us free.
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Colossians 3:2-3
“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
In Christ, we are deeply loved, fully accepted, empowered, and truly set free. It is important to understand all that has been given to us “In Christ.” These blessings shape the way we live as we walk with Christ and grow to become more like Him.
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One of the most profound, almost unbelievable truths that we learn in The Scriptures is that we will possess/partake/share in the glory of our Lord Jesus:
2 Thessalonians 2:14
He called you to this salvation through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
This is what we will discuss today.
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Today and tomorrow, we are going to explore two ideas that my seem strange to place together: freedom and glory. As we will hear, the whole creation is waiting to see us – the children of Father God – finally revealed in our “glorious freedom” (see Romans 8:21). In the Scriptures, glory and freedom are linked together in some key passages. Here we will discover that true glory is produced when the children of God use their freedom to love and serve others (even our enemies).
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In Christ, through faith we have been delivered from Wrath. God’s wrath is simply His turning people over to the consequences of their own sinful choices. Jesus has delivered us from both God’s present and future wrath.
Colossians 1:13-14
He (Father-God) delivered us from the Dominion of darkness and transferred us to the Kingdom of His Beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Through the self-sacrificial work of Jesus, Father-God has delivered from the Dominion of Darkness where we were spiritually dead and transferred us to the Kingdom of His Beloved Son where we are now spiritually alive. Although we were held captive both by nature and by choice, Father-God has set us free in Christ from His wrath so that we may now serve Him through the power of His Spirit. In Christ, we have truly been set free. Father-God desires that we use our freedom to love one another and others in the fellowship the Spirit brings.
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