FREED INDEED (1 of 17)
Born AGAIN Free
Jerry Vines
Galatians 1:1-10
8/14/02
It is innate in the human heart to have a desire to be
free--to have liberty. In our Declaration of
Independence it says that we are entitled to life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We want to be
free.
The matter of being born free is dependent upon where
you are born. When you think in terms of political
freedom or social freedom, if you are born in America,
then you are born free. You have equal opportunity.
You are born with the freedom to become everything
your ambition will allow you to become. Had you been
born in Russia or some other place, you might not have
been born free.
There is another kind of freedom which people need.
That is spiritual freedom. The truth of the matter is
--we are not born spiritually free. In John 8 Jesus
said, "Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of
sin." So with a sinful nature we are born with a
tendency toward sin and because of that tendency we
make sinful choices. We are not born spiritually free.
The Bible says that through the Lord Jesus Christ, we
can have born again experience. In John 8, verses 32
and 34 Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth an d the
truth shall make you free." Down in verse 32 He says,
"If the Son, therefore, shall make you free, you shall
be free indeed."
One of the great blessings of coming to know Jesus is
that when you are born again, now you are free. You
have liberty in the Lord Jesus Christ. You are not
born naturally, not physically. But you are born
spiritually. You are born again free. That's the great
theme of the book of Galatians. It is a book about
Christian liberty, Christian freedom. In fact, some
form of the word for liberty is used about ten times
in this letter.
It is a letter which we are told in verse 2 has been
addressed to the churches of Galatia. Probably this is
a reference to the southern province of Asia/Min ...
Born AGAIN Free
Jerry Vines
Galatians 1:1-10
8/14/02
It is innate in the human heart to have a desire to be
free--to have liberty. In our Declaration of
Independence it says that we are entitled to life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We want to be
free.
The matter of being born free is dependent upon where
you are born. When you think in terms of political
freedom or social freedom, if you are born in America,
then you are born free. You have equal opportunity.
You are born with the freedom to become everything
your ambition will allow you to become. Had you been
born in Russia or some other place, you might not have
been born free.
There is another kind of freedom which people need.
That is spiritual freedom. The truth of the matter is
--we are not born spiritually free. In John 8 Jesus
said, "Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of
sin." So with a sinful nature we are born with a
tendency toward sin and because of that tendency we
make sinful choices. We are not born spiritually free.
The Bible says that through the Lord Jesus Christ, we
can have born again experience. In John 8, verses 32
and 34 Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth an d the
truth shall make you free." Down in verse 32 He says,
"If the Son, therefore, shall make you free, you shall
be free indeed."
One of the great blessings of coming to know Jesus is
that when you are born again, now you are free. You
have liberty in the Lord Jesus Christ. You are not
born naturally, not physically. But you are born
spiritually. You are born again free. That's the great
theme of the book of Galatians. It is a book about
Christian liberty, Christian freedom. In fact, some
form of the word for liberty is used about ten times
in this letter.
It is a letter which we are told in verse 2 has been
addressed to the churches of Galatia. Probably this is
a reference to the southern province of Asia/Min ...
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