The Price of Freedom – October 3, 2021

Preached by Pastor Kunle Oladebo

Galatians 5:1 (AMP) 

1. Highlights 
   • Human beings are designed for freedom – God created man in His own image with a free will
     • Free will:  your own ability to make your own choice
     • Nobody wants to live in bondage
   • Freedom comes when you know the truth 
     • Know and practice or act on it
   • Freedom comes with limitations 
     • You are still subject to the law of the land
     • Galatians 5:13  “For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” (NKJV)
     • Living under the love of Christ
   • Freedom in Christ is living under divine authority
     • We have a price to pay to sustain our freedom in Christ
   • The freedom comes at a cost 
2. Financial Freedom 
   • The price for financial freedom
   • Ability to take risk – no risk, no venture
   • Grace for contentment – can take risks that make you lose all your money
     • Godliness with contentment comes with great gain
   • 1 Timothy 6:6  “But godliness actually is a source of great gain when accompanied by contentment [that contentment which comes from a sense of inner confidence based on the sufficiency of God].” AMP
3. Career Freedom 
   • Create a niche for yourself – doing something that makes you valuable at any point in time
   • Activating divine favour:  Add value, but you need divine favour
   • Proverbs 3:3 – 4 “Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder.  Write them deep within your heart. 4  Then you will find favor with both God and people and you will earn a good reputation.” (NLT) 
4. Healthy Living 
   • A disciplined lifestyle – what you eat, when you eat, how you eat 
   • Tapping into the power of divine healing
   • Jeremiah 17:14 “O Lord, if you heal me, I will be truly healed; if you save me, I will be truly saved. My praises are for you alone!” (NLT)
   • Continue in the service of God for divine health
   • Psalm 105:37 “And he brought them forth with silver and gold, and there was not one sick person among their tribes.” (JUB) 
5. A Joyful Heart 
   • Requires the ability to be patient 
   • Romans 12:12  “Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying.” (CEV)
   • Waiting on the Lord
   • Isaiah 40:31 “But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.” (NKJV)
6. Securing Eternity 
   • Readiness to live a holy life
   • The lifestyle of holiness is in self-denial
   • Luke 9:23 “Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” (NKJV)
   • Mathew 16:25