HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE ETERNAL LIFE? (41 OF 44)
Scripture: 1 John 1:1-10
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How Do I Know If I Have Eternal Life? (41 of 44)
Series: The Church at Ephusus: God's Calling, Empowering, and Instruction for the Church
Patrick Edwards
1 John
Introduction
[Begin with clip from Braveheart on leading the people to freedom] Braveheart is one of my all-time favorite movies. On the surface it's a story about the Scottish fight for freedom in the 13th century against the English. But watch the movie and you soon find that the fight is much more complex, as the clip showed. Really it's a story about Scotland's fight with herself for freedom, and it is this story that raises the ultimate question of, ''What exactly is freedom?''
What a timely question, as we celebrate this weekend the 4th of July and our nation's independence. I think this is the perfect time to ask, ''What exactly is freedom?'' How we define freedom will then be allow us to accurately answer, ''Are we truly free?'' In the clip we just showed you have the everyman who yearns for the ability to live his life peacefully away from interference and oppression. But then you have the wealthy nobles who certainly live under a burden of English occupation and yet enjoy wealth and comfort from the circumstance. They may not truly be free, and yet the status quo seems to benefit them mightily, hence their disinterest in upsetting their circumstances by fighting for true freedom. I think the argument that Braveheart makes is that freedom is the ability to live free from outside control. The everyman, William Wallace, who knows that he has nothing in this life yearns for freedom; whereas the nobility are willing to stay in bondage as it seems to at least make them rich.
One of the things I love most about this movie is that it requires the viewer to ask themselves: ''What is true freedom; do I have it and do I really want it?'' This morning we don't ask that question, though, in relation to our current political or national setting; I want you to ask that question in regards to yo ...
Series: The Church at Ephusus: God's Calling, Empowering, and Instruction for the Church
Patrick Edwards
1 John
Introduction
[Begin with clip from Braveheart on leading the people to freedom] Braveheart is one of my all-time favorite movies. On the surface it's a story about the Scottish fight for freedom in the 13th century against the English. But watch the movie and you soon find that the fight is much more complex, as the clip showed. Really it's a story about Scotland's fight with herself for freedom, and it is this story that raises the ultimate question of, ''What exactly is freedom?''
What a timely question, as we celebrate this weekend the 4th of July and our nation's independence. I think this is the perfect time to ask, ''What exactly is freedom?'' How we define freedom will then be allow us to accurately answer, ''Are we truly free?'' In the clip we just showed you have the everyman who yearns for the ability to live his life peacefully away from interference and oppression. But then you have the wealthy nobles who certainly live under a burden of English occupation and yet enjoy wealth and comfort from the circumstance. They may not truly be free, and yet the status quo seems to benefit them mightily, hence their disinterest in upsetting their circumstances by fighting for true freedom. I think the argument that Braveheart makes is that freedom is the ability to live free from outside control. The everyman, William Wallace, who knows that he has nothing in this life yearns for freedom; whereas the nobility are willing to stay in bondage as it seems to at least make them rich.
One of the things I love most about this movie is that it requires the viewer to ask themselves: ''What is true freedom; do I have it and do I really want it?'' This morning we don't ask that question, though, in relation to our current political or national setting; I want you to ask that question in regards to yo ...
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