Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church Worship Service - January 09 , 2022

Sermon Begins: 40:22

Sermons by Pastor David Whitney, Senior Instructor of Institute on the Constitution and pastor of Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church in Arnold, MD.

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SUNDAY January 09, 2021

Order of Worship

Theme: True liberty is not the freedom to do whatever you want, but the ability to fulfill what we were created to do and to be.

Welcome & Call to Worship
“Holy, Holy, Holy” #3
“For All the Saints” #767
Prayer & Children’s Story
“I Will Sing of the Mercies” #161
“Watchman on the Wall” p19 Hymns & Songs
Offering - “Breathe on me Breath of God” #393
Responsive Reading - A Lamp & A Light #472
Congregational Prayer
Hearing God’s Word
“Liberty or License?”- Pastor Whitney
Responding to God’s Word
“I Have Decided o Follow Jesus” #602
Benediction and Postlude

"Liberty or License?"

27th in our series the Book of 1 Peter

I. The Freedom We Have in Christ - 1 Peter 2:15-16
A. Liberty by which Christ has made us free - Galatians 5:1
1. Literal bondage - Jeremiah 34:8-11
2. Deeper still is spiritual bondage - 2 Peter 2:18-19
a. Liberty is not obtained by violating God’s Law
b. Licentiousness always leads to deeper bondage - Romans 6:20, 23
B. We are “freemen” in Christ
1. As we were slaves of sin, a bondage we could not free ourselves from
2. Christ redeemed us, buying us from the slave block of sin by His death on the cross - John 8:35-36
C. The nature of this “glorious liberty” - Romans 8:20-21
1. The fall of Adam & Eve plunged the Created order into bondage
2. The restoration of all Creation is by the Cross & liberating those who by faith in Christ are set free - Isaiah 61:1-2
a. Jesus quotes this prophecy in describing His ministry Luke 4:18
b. The Perfect Law of Liberty - James 1:25
c. Seeking to obey God’s Law from a heart which loves Him is the path of liberty - Psalm 119:45

II. Be on Guard not to abuse your Liberty in Christ
A. We may misuse our liberty in causing another to stumble - 1 Corinthians 8:9
B. We may misuse it as an opportunity for the flesh - Galatians 5:13
1. The corrupt thinking is that I can go on sinning because I will be forgiven
2. Such thinking indicates a heart not yet transformed

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