The Truth Will Set You Free

January 6th and 7th 2023

John 10:10 (NIV) The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

John 8:32 (ESV) …and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

You’re only as as the .

John 8:44 (ESV) You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

When you , you .

Dethrone the Devil

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Genesis 11:27-28 (NIV) This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.

Genesis 11:31-32 (NIV) Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.

Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

• Keeps us from our .

Psalm 73:21-22 (NIV) When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant…

• Pollutes our other .

Hebrews 12:15 (Ph) …a bitter spirit is not only bad in itself but can also poison the lives of many others.

• It makes us .
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• Destroys our relationship with .

Mark 11:25 (NLT) When you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins too.

John 8:31-32 (ESV) If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

Romans 10:17 (NKJV) So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Hebrews 11:1 (AMP) Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinelyguaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses].

God’s Word is your – your .

Ephesians 4:22-23 (NIV) You were taught…to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds.

1. God me and is .

John 3:16-17 (MSG) This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help.

2. I can .

Romans 8:1-2 (MSG) You no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud. A new power is in operation. The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death.

2 Corinthians 3:17 (NIV) Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Freedom is not just the ,

but the presence of .

3. I can .

Psalm 71:20 (NIV) Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

Freedom Declaration

“I commit to wholeheartedly embracing the liberating truth of God’s Word, dispelling every deceptive chain that seeks to bind me. With unwavering determination, I affirm that freedom is not just a possibility but a reality within my grasp. I declare with confidence and conviction: I can be free, I will be free, and I will actively walk in the glorious freedom that awaits.”

A: “I need freedom from my habits“

B: “I need freedom from my inheritance“

C: “I need freedom from my past“

D: “I need freedom from my thoughts“

E: “I am totally free“