Wednesday Bible Study – “Freedom Is Not Free”
May 26, 2021
“FREEDOM IS NOT FREE”
REFERENCE ST JOHN 8:30-32
- IT WILL COST YOU TO COMMIT TO A LIFELONG PATTERN OF LEARNING, GROWING, AND BECOMING… CHANGE!
- ROMANS 12:1-2
- THE BOTTOMLINE: FREEDOM IS ABOUT CHOICES, EMBRACING A NEW BELIEF SYSTEM AND WORLD VIEW OF LIVING LIFE TODAY, AND AS A CONTINUAL DEVOTED FOLLOWER OF CHRIST AND HIS BIBLICAL TEACHING.
- OUR EXPERIENCE OF FREEDOM IS TIED TO THE NEXT GENERATION
- YES, FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. BUT IT’S WORTH THE PRICE FOR US TO EXPERIENCE THE GOD KIND OF LIFE AND TO PASS IT ONTO OUR CHILDREN, ESTABLISHING A CULTURAL LIFESTYLE FOR GENERATIONS YET TO COME.
- DEUTERONOMY 30:19
- THE DECISION TO CHOOSE LIFE IS THE PRICE TO EXPERIENCE A LIFE OF FREEDOM .
- BUT OUR FREEDOM IS CONNECTED TO US PASSING ON A LIFE OF FREEDOM TO OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
- DEUTERONOMY 6:1-12; DEUTERONOMY 6:20-25
THE BENEFITS FOR GROWING IN
THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
- 2 PETER 1:2-10
- GRACE AND PEACE IN YOUR LIFE COMES IN GREAT ABUNDANCE.
- NOTICE MORE GRACE AND PEACE COMES THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. THE KNOWLEDGE WE GAIN AND RETAIN (REFRESH), BY CONTINUING TO FOLLOW AND LEARN FROM JESUS.
- WE CANNOT EXHAUST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. THERE IS ALWAYS MORE AS WE GO DEEPER IN OUR WALK WITH HIM.
- THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S TRUTH REVEALS HE HAS GIVEN US ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO LIFE AND GODLINESS.
- AS WELL AS THE GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISE GOD HAS GIVEN TO US TO ENJOY
CHOOSE LIFE AND FOLLOW JESUS TODAY.
BISHOP ED SMITH