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July 4
Sunday


TRUE FREEDOM

READ:
Galatians 4:21-5:1
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Stand fast therefore in
the liberty by which
Christ has made us free.
__Galatians 5:1
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In 1776, the 13 British colonies in North America protested the limitations placed on them by the king of England and engaged in a struggle that gave birth to a brand-new republic. The infant nation soon adopted that now-famous document known as the Declaration of Independence.

Almost 2,000 years ago, the Lord Jesus cried out on the cross, "It is finished," proclaiming the believer's "declaration of independence." All of humanity was under the tyranny of sin and death. But Christ, the sinless One, took our place on Calvary and died for our sins. Having satisfied God's righteous demands, He now sets free for eternity all who trust in Him.

Paul wrote, "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us" (Gal. 3:13). Romans 8 assures us, "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus....For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death" (vv.1-2). Galatians 5:1 urges all who have been redeemed to "stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free."

We are thankful to God for any freedom we enjoy in a nation. But above all, believers everywhere can praise Him for the freedom that is found in Christ! __Richard De Haan
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```````````````Now are we free--there's no condemnation!``````````
`````````````````````Jesus provides a perfect salvation'```````````
``````````````````"Come unto Me," O hear His sweet call!``````````
````````````````Come--and He saves us once for all. __Bliss````````
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Our greatest freedom is freedom from sin.

***************Today's Bible Reading __ Galatians 4:21-5:1********

21 Tell me, you who desire
to be under the law, do you
not hear the law? 22 For it is
written that Abraham had
two sons; the one by a
bondwoman, the other by a
freewoman. 23 But he who
was of the bondwoman was
born according to the flesh,
and he of the freewoman
through promise, 24 which
things are symbolic. For
these are the two covenants:
the one from Mount Sinai
which gives birth to bondage,
which is Hagar-- 25 for this
Hagar is Mount Sinai in
Arabia, and corresponds to
Jerusalem which now is, and
is in bondage with her
children-- 26 but the
Jerusalem above is free,
which is the mother of us all.

27 For it is written: "Rejoice,
O barren woman, you who do not
bear! Break forth and shout,
you who are not in labor! For
the desolate has many more
children than she who has a
husband.


28 Now we, brethren, as
Isaac was, are children of
promise. 29 But, as he who
was born according to the
flesh then persecuted him
who was born according to
the Spirit, even so it is now.

30 Nevertheless what does the
Scripture say? "Cast out the
bondwoman and her son, for
the son of the bondwoman
shall not be heir with the son
of the freewoman." 31 So
then, brethren, we are not
children of the bondwoman
but of the free.

1 Stand fast therefore in the
liberty by which Christ has
made us free, and do not be
entangled again with a yoke
of bondage.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In Galatians 5:1, we are told that we have liberty in Christ. That
does not mean we are free to do whatever we want. It means that
we have been set free from sin to honor and please a holy God.
__BILL CROWDER

[Lani]

Honor and Please HIM!!!!!!!!!! soooo True!



Peace and Love in Christ,
Lani