Truth Shall Make You Free

Isaiah 42:5-8  Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk on it: 6.  “I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness, and will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles, 7.  To open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the prison, those who sit in darkness from the prison house. 8.  I am the Lord, that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images.

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Romans 8:5-6 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6.  For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

John 8:31-32 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32.  “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Romans 6:3-4 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4.  Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Romans 6:7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.

I want to speak to us today about:

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

On this day all across America people are celebrating their liberty and freedom.

But what exactly is Liberty: Liberty, Liberation: is Freedom from physical, political, and spiritual oppression.

On this 4^th of July many will think back to what this day really means and the sacrifice that was made for us to live in this United States,

And then their will be others who will just treat it as one more day to get together with family and friends to have a good time in the freedom of America.

But what is true freedom?

·        Is it:

·        Doing what pleases us

·        Acting any way we want to

·        Saying things that we feel regardless of the outcome

·        Taking drugs and drinking our life away

·        Marring and divorcing just because we can

·        Hurting others with anger and false accusations

·        Taking advantage of our love ones or those we come in contact with.

Friends that maybe the worlds system of Freedom but let me tell you today Gods freedom:

·        Is more than doing as we please,

·        It is more than filling our lusts and passions

·        It is more than worry and despair, depression and neglect.

·        It is more than just living day by day never getting ahead.

·        It is more than daily routine; it is being free from the chains of self-centerness and hurt and pain, financial burden and health problems.

Can I tell you friends; Today Freedom is in the house of the Lord.

Today Freedom is right before us

Today Freedom can be for you and your children

Today true Freedom is in Jesus Christ.

In the word of God this morning we began to read in the book of Isaiah the Profit and he proclaimed the Words of Freedom.

Not fleshly freedom but Spiritual Freedom, freedom that will give us the ability to move about freely in the will of God for our lives and the lives of our love ones.

Isaiah begins to proclaim a new and better way for mankind; he begins to speak the words of God to all that will listen to the new covenant of Freedom from the Law of sin and Death.

He declares these words in: Isaiah 42:5-8 Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk on it: 6.  “I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness, and will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles, 7.  To open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the prison, those who sit in darkness from the prison house. 8.  I am the Lord, that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images.

On this July 4^th there is Freedom for all that will understand the words of the profits.

There is freedom for the souls of mankind; Liberty can be ours if we will just Let Go and Let God.

Can I let you know today friends: that Jesus has come so that we could be made free from the Bondage of Sin and death?

God said he is calling all into Righteousness, to a new way a better way, a covenant that will open the blind eyes and bring out prisoners from the prison, those who sit in darkness from the prison house.

So I must ask if this word is truth then why are so many people struggling in this world with their God given Freedom.

Why are there going to be thousands upon thousands of Americans celebrating liberty and freedom tonight when there souls are held by the prison doors of their own fleshly desires.

they will load up their cars, trucks, and minivans, take their children and go to that great, perfect spot to see the right fireworks show, they will gather with their friends and have a good time as the music plays in the background let freedom reign.

They will owo and aha with others that surround them, they will have a temporary smile on their face for just a short while, but deep inside there soul is full of the hurt and pains from this world’s system.

But tonight just a few moments they will be trying to fill all of those fillings with anything that will numb them for a moment in time.

Tomorrow will come and inside of these people is the soul that God created perfectly and wonderfully made, and that soul will be screaming out for true Godly freedom, true Godly Liberty but the day will go on and they will thrust themselves into the continued lifestyle of bondage, of hurt and pain despair and turmoil.

All the talk of Freedom and Liberty will cease and life will return, until someone tells them about the truth, freedom, and Liberty in Jesus Christ.

Can I tell you today that if we will listen to

The truth, the truth shall make you free.”

In the book of Romans the Apostle Paul beings to show us great and important truths that will help us be made free.

In chapter 8 and verse 1 he says these words: There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Now what Paul is teaching us is this, If you love the Lord and have obeyed the Gospel of Jesus Christ there should be no condemnation in your life.

We should not walk around with our heads down and be plagued by the things of the flesh this world or things of the adversary

We should not let the hurts and pains of our past make us feel as if we are no good and hold us back from the Blessings that God has for us.

We should not let our flesh put us back into bondage or spiritual prison, because we have overcome these things through Christ which strengths us.

We should understand the liberation and freedom that has been given to us and learn to walk in it day and night.

Paul was letting us know that true Freedom is when you are in Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ is in you.

When we walk by his Spirit and not by our flesh, is when we will be overcomes and have the true Freedom that God has given us.

Romans 8:5-6 declares:  For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6.  For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

If we have truly come into the Truth, we will learn these principals that Paul is telling us about in Romans 8, he is telling us to understand that Living by your Flesh will only cause you to think of things that:

·        Are not-Godly.

·        Do things that will cause you to stumble and fall

·        Look at things you should not look at

·        Say things that will only be hurtful to you and others

·        Act in ways that will not be pleasing to God or your Family

And over time you will end up backwards into a Spiritual Prison looking for your way back to the place of Freedom and Liberty in Jesus Christ.

However though if we will continue to walk in the Spirit and Talk in the Spirit, act in the Spirit and live our lives by the Spirit then we will continue in the Liberty and Freedom of the Truth and we will be made free from the Bondage of Sin and Death.

·        You wont have to worry about backsliding.

·        You wont have to worry about you church attendance

·        You wont have to worry about you day to day life

·        You wont have to worry about being left behind when Jesus Comes for his bride you will be his bride wearing the Righteous Garment the Covenant that God made between you and him.

·        You will be wearing the Wedding gown without spot or wrinkle, because you are spiritually minded that is full of life and peace.

Can I tell you today that if we will listen to

The truth, the truth shall make us free.”

In the Book of John chapter 8:31-32 we find that Jesus is talking to the Jewish people of that day, and he begins to give them instruction and insight to a life of Freedom.

Now we must understand that the Jewish Community of that day were still the chosen People through the covenant given to Moses, but these people would not listen to Jesus nor would they take instruction from him no matter how much he touched their lives.

What I find interesting is in this day people all around us act just like the Jewish people in the days of Jesus:

·        They don’t want to listen to anyone talk about Jesus

·        They are not interested in the bible way

·        They are into themselves and not others

·        They want to look Good to others but could care less about them.

·        They are looking to gain by hurt instead of love.

That is not Freedom, nor liberty you can’t be made free by earthly ways, only Jesus can make us free.

That is what John wrote about in John 8:31-32 he is writing about those that would listen to Jesus tell them the way to Freedom.

This is what he said: John 8:31-32 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32.  “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Friends can I tell you today that the Word of God is Truth and if we will pick up his word and stay with it then we can be called his disciples and learn the ways of the Truth.

What Jesus is saying to us is that his word is the ticket to Freedom, it is the road map that will lead us to the way of Salvation to the truth of Liberty and Life everlasting without pain or sorrow.

Closing:

Every eye closed every head bowed.

Spiritual Freedom can be ours today; all it takes is for us to start a relationship with Jesus Christ.

You can do that Right now by just simply telling him that you need him in your life and that you are sorry for all that you have done in your past.

Tell him you will try to do better and that you will turn and go into a new direction, that will be full of his word.

Ask him today to revel his truth to you, and open up your understanding today to his ways.

I want you to know that if you have asked Jesus to come into your life and you have asked him to forgive you of your wrong doings then you have Repented of your sins and that old man is now dead.

But the bible declares that we need to bury those sins with Jesus, we need to wash away those things so that we can have the Liberty and Freedom from Sin.

Listen to: Romans 6:3-4 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4.  Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

If you want that newness of life Today we can Baptize you and you can walk away from here a new creature in Christ.