The greatest book of liberty is not a document or a declaration. The greatest book of liberty is the Bible. The bible presents the Gospel, the good news that sets me free.
They Trusted In Something Greater Than ThemselvesDavid Turner
The founding fathers of our nation trusted in something greater than the Declaration of Independence. They trusted in the Bible and the God of the Bible. Our present leaders would do well to put their trust in the same God and the same Bible.
Three things are inevitable in this life. If you earn an income you taxes. You will eventually die. There will be a resurrection. Visit us at Bibleguy.org
THE NEWNESS OF LIFEChrist is the revelation of God’s mysteries, God’s extravagant love in John 3:16 and the vast strength of God’s boundless and inexhaustible compassion.In Christ we saw the glory of God’s plan for our redemption in Isaiah 9:6-7 , Isaiah 7:14 and the hope that is set before us. His crucifixion, death and resurrection transcends everything else...... because it is our road map to the newness of life and to comprehending the breadth, the length, the depth and the height of God’s mysteries .
They Trusted In Something Greater Than ThemselvesDavid Turner
The founding fathers of our nation trusted in something greater than the Declaration of Independence. They trusted in the Bible and the God of the Bible. Our present leaders would do well to put their trust in the same God and the same Bible.
Three things are inevitable in this life. If you earn an income you taxes. You will eventually die. There will be a resurrection. Visit us at Bibleguy.org
THE NEWNESS OF LIFEChrist is the revelation of God’s mysteries, God’s extravagant love in John 3:16 and the vast strength of God’s boundless and inexhaustible compassion.In Christ we saw the glory of God’s plan for our redemption in Isaiah 9:6-7 , Isaiah 7:14 and the hope that is set before us. His crucifixion, death and resurrection transcends everything else...... because it is our road map to the newness of life and to comprehending the breadth, the length, the depth and the height of God’s mysteries .
All the leaders of the Protestant Reformation of the 16th Century were united in proclaiming the sovereignty of God, the total depravity of man and unconditional election. On other issues, they may have had their differences, but on this point, that it is God alone who saves sinners, they spoke with one voice.
This is a study of Jesus being put on like a garment we are to ware, and we are to also put on the armor of light which is basically the same as putting on Jesus.
Thanksgiving, An Attitude of Gratitude.David Turner
For the Christian, thanksgiving is not an option. We are commanded to give thanks. When we don't give thanks we forget out blessings and become bitter. In all things, Give Thanks!
Wrestling In A Dark World John 15:18-16:4 and Ephesians 6:12-13David Turner
As believers in Jesus Christ we are fighting against the Principalities and Powers of this world. We cannot fight with the methods of the world. We must wrestle in the manner in which Christ wrestled, in the power of the Spirit.
All the leaders of the Protestant Reformation of the 16th Century were united in proclaiming the sovereignty of God, the total depravity of man and unconditional election. On other issues, they may have had their differences, but on this point, that it is God alone who saves sinners, they spoke with one voice.
This is a study of Jesus being put on like a garment we are to ware, and we are to also put on the armor of light which is basically the same as putting on Jesus.
Thanksgiving, An Attitude of Gratitude.David Turner
For the Christian, thanksgiving is not an option. We are commanded to give thanks. When we don't give thanks we forget out blessings and become bitter. In all things, Give Thanks!
Wrestling In A Dark World John 15:18-16:4 and Ephesians 6:12-13David Turner
As believers in Jesus Christ we are fighting against the Principalities and Powers of this world. We cannot fight with the methods of the world. We must wrestle in the manner in which Christ wrestled, in the power of the Spirit.
Being a good daddy isn't easy. There examples of good mothers in the Bible, but only a few good examples of good fathers. This presentation presents a few tips that may help. Visit us at Biblestudies-online.com
Our life and expectations does't always go as we plan. Sometimes God has something far greater than we could ever imagine. God had great plans for Mary. Free Christmas PowerPoint at www.Bibleguy.org
700 hundred years before the birth of Christ Isaiah prophesied the birth and crucifixion of Jesus. Download the PowerPoint Presentation at www.Bibleguy.org
The Jews waited for the Messiah prophesied in Scripture. This is part one in a two part series of Prophecies of the coming Christ. Download Free PowerPoint at www.Bibleguy.org
God doesn't use perfect people to fulfill his perfect plan. If God can use Jesus' imperfect family to fulfill his purpose, he can work through yours. Free PowerPoint Download at www.Bibleguy.org
There are many angels (messengers) in the gospels surrounding Christmas. This presentation takes a look at these accounts. Download the free PowerPoint at www.Bibleguy.org
We call it the triumphal entry. Compared with the entry of other kings and generals it was modest. Compared to his future entry into Jerusalem all the kings entries of the past seem insignificant.
This is a study of Jesus being our liberator. By His death He set us free from the law of sin and death. We are under no condemnation when we trust Him as our Savior and Liberator.
The Olivet Discourse: When Will These Things Be? (Part 3)David Turner
This is the third and last of a third part series on the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24:36-51). Jesus answers the disciples' question, When will these things be?
The Olivet Discourse: What Will Be the sign of your coming? (Part 2)David Turner
This is part two of a three part series on the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24:29-35). This answers the disciple's question, What will be the sign of your coming?
The Olivet Discourse: When Is The End of The Age (Part 1)David Turner
This is part 1 of a three part series from Matthew 24:1-28 regarding Jesus prophesies on the end times. Jesus answers the question, when is the end of the age?
We are forgiven by God through Christ, therefore we ought to forgive others even as God has forgiven us. This is the heart of the Gospel. Growth in the spiritual life is often hindered because we often refuse to forgive others.
The Lord's Prayer was not taught to be repeated without thought as to what it means. It given by our Lord to teach us a model for prayer. In this presentation we will look at the components that make up a the way we ought to pray.
Are we trying to impress the world? Are we trying to impress others? Who are we trying to impress? Ultimately we can impress no one, not even God. But rewards are with God, not because we can impress him, but because he honors those that love him.
John 1:1 claims that all life is in Christ. He is the creator of life and he sustains all life. He is the author of physical life and spiritual life. Without him there is no life.
The Christ Centered Life (Part 8): StewardshipDavid Turner
Stewardship is about using our resources, time, and talent to advance the cause or Christ. We give what we have to advance God's Kingdom. It's about investing in the things that matter most to God. Matthew 6:19-21
The Christ Centered Life (Part 7): The ChurchDavid Turner
The Church is an essential part of living the Christ Centered Life. It is the body of Christ living together for Christ helping one another to live each one's life for Christ. We can't do it alone. If Christ loved his church and gave his life for it, shouldn't we as followers love what Christ loved?
The Christ Centered Life (Part 6): Unity Through HumilityDavid Turner
The Christ Centered Life is a selfless life. It places other above self and is willing to sacrifice selfish wants for the welfare of those around them. It is a life of humility rather than selfish pride and ambition. Philippians 2:1-11
The Christ Centered Life (Part 5): Everybody is SomebodyDavid Turner
The Christ Centered Life is a life that acknowledges the value of others. It does't just attempt to live for Christ, but also encourages others to live their lives for Christ. It helps others explore and use their abilities and gifts to the glory of their Lord. 1 Corinthians 12:12-31
The Christ Centered Life (Part 4): The Work PlaceDavid Turner
People follow Christ at Church and sometimes in their homes, but often find it difficult to integrate their faith in Christ with their job. How do we practice our faith in the workplace? Paul answers this in Ephesians 6:5-9
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docxJames Knipper
Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
3. Commit to the Flag: Pledge
Allegiance to the Flag
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the
United States of America, and to the
Republic for which it stands; one nation,
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
It is a commitment to liberty.
4. Declare the ideals of the
Declaration of Independence
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights, that among
these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness.”
It is a declaration of liberty.
5. Remember the men that
sacrificed to give us liberty.
The founders of our country.
6. John Adams - He died on July 4, 1826 (incidentally, within hours of the death of
Thos. Jefferson.) His final toast to the Fourth of July was "Independence
Forever!" Late in the afternoon of the Fourth of July, just hours after Jefferson
died at Monticello, Adams, unaware of that fact, is reported to have said,
"Thomas Jefferson survives."
7. Political and Civil Liberty
The Declaration of Independence is our
declarative document of political liberty.
Our Constitution is our legal document
guaranteeing our civil and political
liberty.
Our Flag is our symbol of civil and political
Liberty.
8. Political and civil liberties are
grounded in a greater liberty
• A universal need for liberty from the
human condition (Sin).
– The document declaring and securing this
liberty is the Bible.
– The symbol for this liberty is the Cross.
9. The liberty of the Nation is
dependent on religious liberty.
From George Washington’s farewell address:
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity,
religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would
that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to
subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest
props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician,
equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish
them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private
and public felicity. Let it simply be asked: Where is the security
for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious
obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of
investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge
the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education
on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both
forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion
of religious principle.”
10. Our true source of Liberty
I. The Bible is our declaration and
constitution for liberty.
II. Jesus is the Liberator.
III. Liberty from sin frees us for other
liberties.
11. I. The Bible is our declaration and
constitution for liberty.
A. It speaks of liberty from political
bondage.
1. The OT is about God liberating his people
from Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Greece,
etc.
2. It promises the liberation of Israel in the
future.
3. It promises the liberation of the nations.
12. I. The Bible is our declaration and
constitution for liberty.
B. It declares that we are all under Spiritual bondage.
Romans 3:9-18 9
What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we
have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all
under sin, 10
just as it is written: “There is no one righteous,
not even one, 11
there is no one who understands, there is
no one who seeks God. 12
All have turned away, together
they have become worthless; there is no one who shows
kindness, not even one.” 13
“Their throats are open graves,
they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is
under their lips.” 14
“Their mouths are full of cursing and
bitterness.” 15
“Their feet are swift to shed blood, 16
ruin and
misery are in their paths, 17
and the way of peace they have
not known.” 18
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
13. I. The Bible is our declaration and
constitution for liberty.
C. It declares a Liberator from Sin.
John 8:31-36 (NET)
31
Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had
believed him, “If you continue to follow my teaching,
you are really my disciples 32
and you will know the
truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33
“We are
descendants of Abraham,” they replied, “and have
never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say, ‘You
will become free’?” 34
Jesus answered them, “I tell
you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is
a slave of sin. 35
The slave does not remain in the
family forever, but the son remains forever. 36
So if
the son sets you free, you will be really free.
14. I. The Bible is our declaration and
constitution for liberty.
D. It declares the means of liberation.
Romans 6:23 For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 10:8-13 (NET)
8
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth
and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we preach), 9
because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and
believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you
will be saved. 10
For with the heart one believes and thus has
righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has
salvation. 11
For the scripture says, “Everyone who believes in
him will not be put to shame.” 12
For there is no distinction
between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of
all, who richly blesses all who call on him. 13
For everyone who
calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
15. A. Jesus was the prophesied liberator.
Luke 4:17-19 (NET)
17
and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was
given to him. He unrolled the scroll and
found the place where it was written, 18
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me to
proclaim good news to the poor. He
has sent me to proclaim release to the
captives and the regaining of sight to
the blind, to set free those who are
oppressed, 19
to proclaim the year of the
Lord’s favor.”
II. Jesus is the Liberator.
16. B. Jesus liberates us from the Law.
Galatians 4:1-7 1
Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a
minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of
everything. 2
But he is under guardians and managers until the
date set by his father. 3
So also we, when we were minors,
were enslaved under the basic forces of the world. 4
But when
the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of
a woman, born under the law, 5
to redeem those who were
under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full
rights. 6
And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his
Son into our hearts, who calls “Abba! Father!” 7
So you are no
longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are
also an heir through God.
Galatians 5:1 (NET)
1
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do
not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.
II. Jesus is the Liberator.
17. C. He provides liberty from
1. Sin - Romans 6:6-7 6
We know that our old man was
crucified with him so that the body of sin would no
longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be
enslaved to sin. 7
(For someone who has died has been
freed from sin.)
Romans 6:18-23 18
and having been freed from sin, you
became enslaved to righteousness. 19
(I am speaking in
human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.)
For just as you once presented your members as
slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more
lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves
to righteousness leading to sanctification. 20
For when
you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to
righteousness.
II. Jesus is the Liberator.
18. C. He provides liberty from
2. The fear of death - Hebrews 2:14-15 14
Therefore, since the children share in
flesh and blood, he likewise shared in
their humanity, so that through death he
could destroy the one who holds the
power of death (that is, the devil), 15
and
set free those who were held in slavery
all their lives by their fear of death.
II. Jesus is the Liberator.
19. C. He provides liberty from
3. The Law of Sin and death - Romans
8:1-2 1
There is therefore now no
condemnation for those who are in
Christ Jesus. 2
For the law of the life-
giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you
free from the law of sin and death.
II. Jesus is the Liberator.
20. C. He provides liberty from
4. Man - 1 Corinthians 9:19-22 19
For since I am
free from all I can make myself a slave to all,
in order to gain even more people. 20
To the
Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To
those under the law I became like one under
the law (though I myself am not under the law)
to gain those under the law. 21
To those free
from the law I became like one free from the
law (though I am not free from God’s law but
under the law of Christ) to gain those free from
the law. 22
To the weak I became weak in order
to gain the weak. I have become all things to
all people, so that by all means I may save
some.
II. Jesus is the Liberator.
21. II. Liberty from sin frees us for
other liberties.
A. This is where Liberation Theology of
South and Latin America and Black
Liberation Theology Ere. They deny the
human condition of sin. Christ is not
seen as a liberator from sin but from
oppression. The source of oppression
(Sin) is replaced by the effect
(oppression). Christ is not viewed as the
liberator of sin but of oppression.
22. II. Liberty from sin frees us for
other liberties.
B. Liberty from sin liberates from external oppression.
1. It liberates from the bondage of hate, bitterness and
prejudice that rule the hearts of men to oppress.
2. It liberates from the view of Superiority - For there is neither
Jew, Greek, Gentile, Male, Female.
3. It liberates from greed and covetousness that causes men to
take rather than give - Economic oppression.
4. It liberates from sexual bondage which causes men to view
others as an object lust rather than images of God.
5. It liberates from the stranglehold of Satan who blinds men's
hearts of the love of God and from their potential in God.
6. It liberates us to be an instrument of God for good works.
23. I pledge Allegiance
To my country and it’s ideals of political
and civil liberties for all.
To the US Constitution for it’s protection of
my liberties and protection from political
oppression.
To the Flag as a symbol of the sacrifice of
the founders of our nation and the
soldiers that give their lives for my
liberty.
24. But more so, I pledge Allegiance
To my Savior for Spiritual Liberty and the
forgiveness of sins.
To the Bible as the declaration and
constitution of my faith, guide for holy
living, and promise of
liberation/deliverance/salvation.
To the cross as a symbol of the sacrifice
Christ made to procure my liberty.