Want Some Freedom?
*If you want to understand Jesus, treasure His Word.
*If you want to understand God, treasure His Word.
*If you want to understand Holy Spirit, treasure His Word.
*If you want to understand Kingdom and Kingdom principles, treasure His Word.
*….And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me.
*Lets us remember to keep God’s laws
… one reason why many of us have no clearer understanding of God’s word is, we close our eyes to the TRUTH which WE do not wish to practice.
“Then they said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt'” (Ex 32:4).
Moses had gone up onto Mount Sinai to meet with God and receive the Ten Commandments. He left his brother Aaron in charge.
Aaron had been mentored by his brother Moses. However, we learn that Aaron still has vestiges of Egypt residing in him. He had not had a complete conversion from the ways of Egypt to the ways of God.
His leadership was not strong enough to thwart a rebellion in the camp and he allowed the people, and even encouraged the people, to make an idol of gold.
Later, he tried to justify his actions by saying the idol was a God of Israel.
Today we see such mixture in the body of Christ!!!
* We promote guaranteed prosperity without the CROSS. (When you rejecting knowledge, you’re rejecting God.)
* We call adversity a sign of a lack of faith.(So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.)
*We promote New Age philosophies mixed with the scriptures and call it a new freedom in Christ.
*This is only mixture. It is an abomination to the Lord.
And because Aaron has mixture in his own life, he was unable to be truthful to Moses when confronted with his actions. “He said to Aaron, ‘What did these people do to you, that you led them into such great sin?’ So I told them, ‘Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.’ Then they gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!'” (Ex 32:21-24).
Did you notice Aaron’s explanation? Out came this calf! – all by itself??????
* Aaron attempted to deceive Moses. Aaron failed to fulfill his role as a strong, Godly leader. He allowed “mixture” to have power over the people of God.
Pray that you will be faithful to the Word of God and not allow new philosophies to distort its ageless absolute truths.
Philippians 3: 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ.
IS GOD WILLING TO COME TO MY HELP?
Do you believe God is willing to come quickly to solve our problems?
Here is where many Christians fail. They know God has all they need—they
admit He cares but they are not convinced He is willing to come quickly to help them.
When God does not answer their cry right away, they imagine hindrances and inner blockages in themselves. They think of all kinds of reasons why the Lord must not be willing to come to their aid.
*We pray, we cry aloud to God, but we go our way not believing He has heard us!
* We walk away from the Lord’s presence—away from the church, away from the secret closet—wondering
if He has even paid attention!
The Lord is always ready to hear and answer our cry for help!!!!
I love what David said of Him: “For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You… In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, for You will answer me” (Psalm 86:5, 7).
David said, “My God is ready and willing to answer me in the very moment I cry
out to Him! I do not stop and contemplate my trouble. I do not grieve over it or try to figure it out. I go to my Lord and cry, ‘Help!'”
That is all God is waiting for—your heartbroken cry, uttered in child-like
faith!
The Lord has called You and Me to be His witnesses. Be aware, however, that it is hypocritical to only speak the truth without demonstrating the kingdom.
The Greatest witness is that of Example, and it is more crucial than ever that you be an example of your faith in every detail. (Three paths which faith come through:1. Hearing—–2. And hearing
3. Hearing the Word of God)
Let your behavior become a model that others can follow!!!!
Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'”
– Rather than dwelling on how to escape your struggles, focus on your relationship with the Savior. (Phil 3:8)
The only way you can rise above painful circumstances is if you will raise your focus to the One who holds the universe in His hands.
* Trust that He will do something good within you and through you.
* Do what is necessary to resolve the situation, but refuse to let the problem become the focus of your life.
* Surrender to God and trust Him to work all things together for your good. Then, like the apostle Paul, you simply cannot lose.
Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Freedom is set by God’s boundaries!!
**Boundaries are to protect us from sin!
*Jesus has set us free from sin (Rom 6:6-7, Gal 5:1)
*Jesus has not set us free to sin (Rom 6:1-6, 13)
**Our purpose is to be His hands and feet to the hurting.
*Slavery = bondage to our sins (Gal 5:16-21)
*Jesus has set us free to live for Him! (Gal 5:1, 22-25)
Thank You Jesus for the Cross that has Given Us FREEDOM to live for YOU!
AMEN!!!