Freedom from Your SelfPrisons

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Freedom from Your Self-Prisons

• (Luke 416-19)

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Freedom Comes From God

• Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars
  a cage (Richard Lovelace)
• Psalms 1079-19

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Prisons Without Walls

• Prison of Self-satisfaction
• Prison of Inferiority
• Prison of False Religion
• Prison of Sin

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Prison of Self-satisfaction

• Based on Self-View Personal Definition
• Many think they want to be in this prison
• Never be free until we see our self reality
• Your perception of yourself not sufficient
• Not a true reflection Distortion
• God's Mirror
• (James 121-25)
• Look at your reflection and make improvements
• (Phil 313-14 Hebrews 121-2)

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Prison of Inferiority

• Feeling of Defeat Defeatist Attitude
• Prison of the Unprofitable Servant
• (Matthew 2518, 25)
• Prison closely related to previous prison
• Perception of self snares us
• Problem is looking to ourself for power
• Christ is our Power
• (Eph 212-13 Rom 56)
• (Matt 2818-20 Phil 413)

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Prison of False Religion

• A Prison of Deception and Ignorance
• (Isa 664 2 Thes 210-12)
• Lie Damnation
• A Dangerous Poison
• (Gal 16-9)
• Example of Cain (Gen 43-7)
• Only truth will set you free! (John 831, 32)
• Put your trust in God's word Be Obedient

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Prison of Sin

• Sin Master and Sinner Slave (Rom 616)
• Sin Death Obedience Righteousness
• Sin
• Strives with the spirit of man (Gal 517)
• Brings more strife
• Great deceiver Promises gratification brings
  strife Example of Eve
• Leads to Death (Isa 591-2 Rev 2014-15)

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Prison of Sin

• Godliness
• (1 Tim 47-8)
• No strife in the spirit A spirit of peace
• A righteous state through obedience to God
• (Rom 617-18) (Rom 63-4)

(Matthew 1128) Come unto me, all ye that labor
and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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Free Yourself from these Self-Prisons through
Jesus Christ