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Published: April 3, 2016, 1:10 p.m.

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It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.\\xa0Stand firm,\\xa0then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 (NIV)

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\\u201c\\u2026I am the\\xa0Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.\\u201d Exodus 6:6-7 (NIV)

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\\u201cI will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem\\xa0you with an outstretched arm\\xa0and with mighty acts of judgment.\\u201d \\xa0Exodus 6:6-7 (NIV)

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\\u201cI will take you as my own people, and I will be your God\\u2026\\u201d \\xa0Exodus 6:6-7 (NIV)

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The Cup of Sanctification = \\u201cI will bring you out\\u201d

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The Cup of Deliverance = \\u201cI will free you\\u201d

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The Cup of Redemption = \\u201cI will redeem you\\u201d

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The Cup of Praise = \\u201cI will take you as my own people\\u201d

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\\u201cI will bring you out\\u201d = Salvation

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\\u201cI will free you\\u201d = Freedom

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\\u201cI will redeem you\\u201d = Redemption

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\\u201cI will take you as my own people\\u201d = Fulfillment

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The first step in going from Slave to Free is\\u2026 Salvation.

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\\u201cI am the\\xa0Lord, and I will bring you out\\u2026\\u201d Exodus 6:6

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For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.\\xa0 Luke 19:10 (NLT)

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We keep JESUS the main thing.

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\\u201cSalvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.\\u201d Acts 4:12 (NIV)

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Our salvation is the first promise and the first priority of our God.

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1. Our SIN
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For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God\\u2019s glorious standard. Romans 3:23 (NLT)

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But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin,\\xa0you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching\\xa0that has now claimed your allegiance.\\xa0 You have been set free from sin\\xa0and have become slaves to righteousness\\u2026 Romans 6:17-23 (NIV)

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What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!\\xa0 But now that you have been set free from sin\\xa0and have become slaves of God,\\xa0the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.\\xa0Romans 6:17-23 (NIV)

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For the wages of sin is death,\\xa0but the gift of God is eternal life\\xa0in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:17-23 (NIV)

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Submission to sin leads to DEATH.\\xa0 Submission to Jesus brings FREEDOM.

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The solution to our sin problem is not TRY HARDER, but LET JESUS.

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2. Our PAST
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I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations. I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin. Exodus 34:7 (NLT)

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But I do not excuse the guilty. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children and grandchildren\\u2026
the entire family is affected\\u2014even children in the third and fourth generations.\\u201d Exodus 34:7 (NLT)

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This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 2 Corinthians 5:17(NLT)

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Our story so far\\u2026 does not determine our story to come, if we let JESUS write the rest.\\xa0\\xa0

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The Spirit\\xa0you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again\\u2026 Romans 8:15 (NIV)

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\\u2026rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry,\\xa0\\u201cAbba,\\xa0Father.\\u201d Romans 8:15 (NIV)

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3. OURSELVES
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Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.\\xa0 You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil\\u2014the commander of the powers in the unseen world.\\xa0He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.\\xa0Ephesians 2:1-10 (NLT)

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All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature... Ephesians 2:1-10 (NLT)

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But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much,\\xa0that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead\\u2026 Ephesians 2:1-10 (NLT)

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God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can\\u2019t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.\\xa0 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.\\xa0Ephesians 2:1-10 (NLT)

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For we are God\\u2019s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:1-10 (NLT)

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Change in your life will happen after you have been set free, but not change in order to become free.

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Surrender

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From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.\\xa0Acts 17:26-27 (NIV)

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God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. \\xa0Acts 17:26-27 (NIV)

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