Spiritual Freedom and Human Freedom

Summary

Exodus 20.1-17; Isaiah 61:1; Nehemiah 4; John 8.32-26; Acts 17.24-31; Acts 22.27-29; Acts 24:23; Galatians 5.1,13; Romans 8:21; Romans 13.1-7; 1 Corinthians 7.21;1 Corinthians 10:29; 2 Corinthians 3.17; 1 Peter 2.13-17; 2 Peter 2:19

God’s authority establishes freedom; freedom requires responsibility; responsibility protects freedom and restrains authority.

Spiritual Freedom

Spiritual freedom is based on the cross and the Word of God.

Spiritual freedom is defined by

1.The Person and work of Christ,

2. Bible doctrine, and

3. Faith.

Spiritual freedom’s asset is relationship with God (Theocratic kingdom in the Old Testament time and Union with Christ in the Church Age). Our church age relationship includes:

1. Our Royal Birthright,

2. Our Spiritual Blessings, and

3. We are Spiritual Winners. We possess

1. Spiritual wealth,

2. Aristocracy with a purpose, and

3. God is for us.

Spiritual freedom’s action is to live the Christian life.

1. Believers are to execute the plan of God—mission, preparation, environment, and practice.

2. Believers are to live by faith: toward God, toward God’s Word, toward God’s Plan.

3. Believers are to live daily by applying the basic techniques of the Christian life.

Spiritual freedom’s adversaries attempt to distract and hinder the believer from successfully living the Christian life.

1. The angelic conflict rages around us.

2. The old sin nature rages in us.

3. The world system rages at our thinking and our doctrine.

Human Freedom

Human freedom is based on the sword, on truth, and on morality.

Human freedom is defined by

1. Biblical institutions

2. Biblical principles of society and civilization

3. A people’s national heritage.

Human freedom’s asset is that God created mankind as His image to organize, subdue, rule, cultivate, and benefit from His creation.

 

1. Man has God consciousness, self-consciousness, moral reasoning, volition, conscience, and emotion-appreciation.

2. Mankind is to rule earth-creation.

Human freedom’s action is to preserve individual freedom.

1. People must understand and submit to proper authority.

2. People must recognize and apply the divine institutions and the divine laws of civilizations.

3. People must cherish, preserve, and pass on individual freedom, private property, and individual privacy.

4. People must live moral lives.

Human freedom’s adversaries promote wrong ideas devised to cause self-centeredness and rebellion against God.

1. God is non-existent (atheism), or all is God (pantheism), or God is not relevant.

2. Physical matter is the only reality (materialism).

3. Evolution is the cause for life and society (biological, moral,

political, social, and economic).

4. Mankind is an animal and is perfectible.

5. Morality is relative.

6. Human good is good enough.

7. State ownership and/or control of ideas, property, privacy is good.

8. World government and world religion are good.