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Introduction

Bible Believers: The Bible is our final authority for all life and practice.

It is here in the pages of the bible that we find the good news of Jesus that it calls, “The Gospel.”

Many of us have come to realize through personal experience that the gospel has the power to change our lives and to set us free from sin and death.

It is this power of the gospel message of Jesus that we feel is so strong in the lives of people that we are willing to give ourselves, our time, our talent, and our treasure to spread this good news around the world and set people free.

I will bet you that there is someone in this room that needs the power of the gospel to brake some strong holds in your life.

Some type of bondage, or sin.

Maybe an addition or habit.

Possibly a past wound or hurt that drives you to find relief or escape.

The power of the gospel, the power of Jesus can set you free from all of these things.

If you understand the things that I will show you today you will never look at your bible the same.

This morning I want to show you the power of the gospel and how you can live free and not as a slave anymore.

For the past several months we have been on a journey through the book of Genesis understand how God is in relationship with man.

God has been very active in his creation.

He speaks to man directly.

God has made covenants with different people.

God has chosen a people for himself in their father Abraham.

He and Sarah his wife are Barron (They were unable to have children).

But God has singled them out to change and bless the world.

Genesis 12:

God then promised this old man and his wife that they would have a son.

Genesis 15:

Abraham and Sarah wait for this promise to be fulfilled for 15 years.

Sarah tries to rush the process and give Abraham her slave to wife and bare her children and she does.

a son is born named Ishmael.

But he is not the chosen seed.

God has promised the Sarah will have a son in her old age.

And now we catch up with the story and the chosen seed is finally born in .

Genesis 21:1-

The Promised Seed Has Come.

Now there are two sons

One is born a slave (Ishmael)

One is born free (Issac)

Genesis 21:8-10

And so it is with all of us.

We were all born into slavery, but we are born again free.

Hold that thought for just a moment.

Notice God’s response to Sarah command:

Genesis 21:12-

There will be two nations created, one from the slave and one from the free.

We can only understand what is really going on as we see the writings of Paul to the Galatians.

The Children of Law vs.

The Children of Freedom

Gal 4:

Gal 4:24-

In your Bible there are two testaments or covenants.

The Old Testament and the New Testament.

The Old Testament is the law given at Mt. Sinai.

That is the famous 10 commandments.

The New Testament is grace given by Christ at Calvary.

To fully understand this we must look back into Galatians a bit more.

The Galatians were confused about their salvation: does it come by keeping the law of God or does it come by grace through faith in Jesus alone.

Many People have the same question today.

Gal 3:16

Issac was the first in a long line of many to get us to Christ.

Christ is the seed that will bless all nations.

Gal 3:26

The law was to teach us about sin.

Gal 3:21

You are set free from the law.

Gal 4:4-

What does it mean to live free?

No condemnation

The Spirit of God and the power of the resurrection living inside you.

Rom 8:

Acceptance into the family of God

Rom 8:

Freedom from sin and death

Freedom to walk in the Spirit

Freedom to walk in the Spirit

Gal 5:16