This episode is part 2 of “Free as a Slave!” For this one, we will dive deeper into what it means to be a love-slave of Jesus! More specifically, we will unpack the fruit of the Spirit and face three big enemies of that fruit. These enemies are attitudes and mindsets that tend to grip our hearts when things in our lives go sideways. How much our rights are yielded to Jesus will determine how well we respond to circumstances in our lives. God's ultimate goal for us as His people is to be like His Son, Jesus, and that means learning to seek the Holy Spirit to help us overcome fleshly tendencies that can wreak havoc and chaos in our lives.

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More and more, our generation cries out for more freedom and more liberties. It is within our human nature to want to be free creatures with the autonomy to chase our own dreams and pursue whatever our hearts desire. However, the bible has some ideas of what it means to be “love-slaves” of Jesus. The early church apostles and many others in church history understood something about the nature of slavery that is lost on us today. In the worldly sense, slavery to earthly masters is seen as detestable and cruel. However, slavery to Jesus is ultimate freedom! How is this, and why is it important to yield to God all of our rights and allow Him to be our master as we walk with Him?

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It is as important as it has ever been that we have a solid understanding of who Jesus is and what He has accomplished. Of course we can never fully understand all there is to know about Him—we’ll need all of eternity just to scratch the surface—but we can endeavor to learn as much as possible. Tonight, we’ll jump into Hebrews 1:1-3, the great exordium of this masterpiece, to sample some deep truths about the character and work of our King.

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