1. FREEDOM IN CHRIST Galatians 5:1

2. Freedom In Christ Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. (NIV)

3. Luke 4 17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: Freedom In Christ

4. Luke 4 18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, Freedom In Christ

5. Luke 4 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." Freedom In Christ

6. In Christ, we are: Free From Sin. Free From Death. Freedom In Christ

7. 1. We Are Freed From Our Unrighteousness, Sin. Freedom In Christ

8. What is Sin? Sin is breaking God’s laws. I John 3 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. Freedom In Christ

9. What’s the big deal about sin? Sin enslaves us. John 8 34 Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Freedom In Christ

10. What’s the big deal about sin? Sin is an universal problem. Romans 3 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God Freedom In Christ

11. What’s the big deal about sin? Sin brings death. Romans 6 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Freedom In Christ

12. Now, We Are Freed to Live In Righteousness. Freedom In Christ

13. Romans 6 17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. Freedom In Christ

14. Romans 6 18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. Freedom In Christ

15. 2. We Are Freed From Sin’s Penalty, Death. Freedom In Christ

16. What is death? Death is literally a separation. Freedom In Christ

17. Spiritual Death Isaiah 59 1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. Freedom In Christ

18. Spiritual Death Isaiah 59 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. Freedom In Christ

19. Physical Death James 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. Freedom In Christ

20. Second or Eternal Death Revelation 21:8 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." Freedom In Christ

21. Now, We Are Freed From Condemnation in Christ. Freedom In Christ

22. Romans 8 (KJV) 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Freedom In Christ

23. Romans 8 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Freedom In Christ

24. Romans 8 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: Freedom In Christ

25. Romans 8 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Freedom In Christ

26. I Corinthians 15 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory." Freedom In Christ

27. I Corinthians 15 55 "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?“ Freedom In Christ

28. I Corinthians 15 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. Freedom In Christ

29. I Corinthians 15 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Freedom In Christ

30. Romans 6 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Freedom In Christ

31. Obey the Gospel Today! 1.Hear the Good News. 2.Believe. 3.Repent of your sins. 4.Confess your faith in Christ. 5.Be Immersed in water. Freedom In Christ

32. FREEDOM IN CHRIST