Josh Palmisano
August 07, 2024
Join us as we study how we are called to fight for freedom in the Christian life.
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#1: We need to become well acquainted
with our weaknesses.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you,
for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more
gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s
sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in
difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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#2: We must abide in Christ.
John 15:5-8 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you,
you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in
me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are
picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in
you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s
glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
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#3: We must surrender to the Spirit
Galatians 5:16-25 “ I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of
the flesh. 17 For
the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these
are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
18 But if you are
led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which
are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred,
contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions,
heresies, 21 envy,
murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand,
just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will
not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control.
Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh
with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the
Spirit.
Romans 8:5-8 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the
flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their
minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the
mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to
God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm
of the flesh cannot please God.
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#4: We must use our spiritual weapons
2 Corinthians 10:3-4 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war
according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for
pulling down strongholds
2 Timohty 4:6-7 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my
departure is at hand. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the
faith.
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