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Date: Friday, July 02, 2010
Today: The price of freedom
Passage: Ezekiel 21: 6-7 NIV
6 “Therefore groan, son of man! Groan before them with broken heart and bitter grief. 7 And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt and every hand go limp; every spirit will become faint and every knee become as weak as water.’ It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
God called Ezekiel to warn Israel about the danger of complacency
The church today, is in a neutral mood, saying neither “yes” nor “no” to anything
This way, the church can “look good” in front of the world
But God is warning the land and the church about a great danger of doing so
God allowed Babylon to come and take Israelites as captives, to their country
Many of God’s people loved Babylon
Today, Babylon has found a very comfortable place in the church at large
Instead of making the Bible as the standard, what the majority feels has become the standard in the Church
One day, Jesus went to the temple in Jerusalem and drove all the thieves out
When the temple was transforming into a house of commerce, the authorities just kept quiet
Then God himself had to do the clean-up
United States is celebrating another independence day of July 4th
Compared to many other nations of the world, America has been blessed so much in a period of four centuries. No other nation in the world has made such a progress in so little time
But America has to acknowledge that this has been the work of God
Freedom is costly. There is a big price tag attached to it. Many people sacrificed their lives for the freedom we enjoy, whether in India or America
But freedom can be used for good or bad
Many people who enjoyed freedom from sin through the atoning work of Christ, are misusing that freedom to commit sin
Here in America, lots of other things are going on now
In the past few days, New Yorkers are hearing so much about proposals for mosque(s) in downtown Manhattan
Many New Yorkers said, “Islam is a religion of peace”
No comments.
“Is there something called a religion of peace?”
I don’t think there is
Religion failed to bring peace. It has brought many wars
But there is something that brought deliverance, healing and peace to people
17The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
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, 19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”[e] (Luke 4: 17-19, NIV)
Jesus came to proclaim true freedom for the captives, the prisoners of sin
There is no slavery worse than the slavery to sin
I have seen people admitting that slavery and crying
Sin has slaves. Christ came to give son-ship to you and me
Christ hates slavery
Be thankful for freedom
God bless US
BG
Prayer: Lord, help me to understand that there was a big price paid on Calvary to get me freedom from sin and satan. Help me to stay free in you. Amen