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"THE DEVILS CHAINGANG"
(Luke 4:18-19)
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the
poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable
year of the Lord.
(Mankind has been Held Captive)
Jesus came to set the captives free according to Luke 4:18, "to bring out prisoners from confinement,
and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness" as we read in Isaiah 42:7. Jesus died to free us not
only from slavery to sin, Satan, and death but to also give us a new way. If Jesus, the Son of Man, sets
us free, we are really free as stated in John 8:36. He is the Redeemer, the One who paid the price to
ransom us from slavery. God the Father rescued us from the power of darkness and brought us into
the kingdom of His beloved Son. If we take the devil's bribes and do not accept Jesus' liberation, we
have decided to stay in captivity though free. The heavenly Father grieves, and the Spirit is stifled.
Every father wants to see his children free. Our heavenly Father so wanted us free that He gave His
Son Jesus.
Sunday Morning Worship
11:00 a.m. Service, October 4 2015
Capitol City Baptist Church
Dr. Daryl Franzel, Pastor
I.
SO LEARNED OF CHRIST.
(Ephesians 4:17-32)
A.
The Chains in Emotions. (17-19)
1.
As born again believers we are to no longer live like those who are lost in this
world.
2.
Their day to day purpose and goals is selfish, self centered desires of an empty
mind and lifestyle.
3.
They do not understand they are at odds with God through their ignorance,
being blind in their heart.
4.
Having no conscience or shame for all the unclean and greedy things
accomplished in the flesh.
B.
The Chains in Thinking. (20-24)
1.
These things we have not learned by the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ, for
they are fleshly.
2.
We are to put aside that old lifestyle which was of the flesh, and was controlled
by the desires of the fleshly culture.
3.
This is done by changing our mind; thinking like one liberated not a prisoner on
the devils chain gain.
4.
Now we are to live a new lifestyle which is in Christ Jesus being Christ Like in our
testimony.
C.
II.
The Chains in Actions. (25-32)
1.
We are to be truthful in our life, we are not to be sinfully angry and allow that
attitude to continue and fester.
2.
We are to not allow the devil to get into our life, we are not to take from others
but we are to labor and help those who need our help.
3.
We are to speak good things, those things which help build up others, not
grieving the Holy Spirit where by which we have been sealed.
4.
We are to put away or get out of our life all things that create problems
between us, being good to each other maintain good fellowship in the Lord.
STEADFAST IN LIBERTY.
(Galatians 5:1-9)
A.
The Strength of Liberty. (1-3)
1.
We are to understand it is Christ who has made us free, so stand fast in His work
for and in us.
2.
Do not allow self to become entangled again in those things which caused the
bondage, which is the flesh.
3.
If we try to do things in our own power than Christ has not been any benefit to
us.
4.
If we rely on our self we are still weak and will fail, because the law was there to
show us our weakness in the flesh.
B.
The Weakness of Flesh. (4-6)
1.
The grace that has been offered to us is only good if we select to use it, we
cannot make it on our own.
2.
We are waiting for the fulfillment of our hope by our faith in God's grace
through Christ Jesus.
3.
It is not the works of the flesh that can accomplish anything in our life, we will
fail.
4.
The accomplishments in our life come from practice of faith and in the love of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
C.
The Slippery Slope of Sin. (7-9)
1.
Paul here asked the question, he said first of all you did so well in the life as a
Christian.
2.
However something has happened, who or what hindered you that you are not
obeying the truth in Christ?
3.
This influence does not come from the person who called you it is of the flesh
and influenced by those old chains in life.
4.
Just a little bit of sin or indiscretion in your life will not help you but cause you
to fall away.
III.
SERVING THE LORD.
(Galatians 5:13-23)
A.
The Liberty to be correct. (13-15)
1.
We have been given liberty from the devils chain gain and we need to use that
liberty for the good.
2.
We use this liberty to love and serve each other which would not be the normal
desire of the flesh.
3.
All the commandment of the Lord is fulfilled in the one word that word is to
love, we love God and we love one another.
4.
If we attack each other we are warned we will end up destroying each other
because of the flesh.
B.
The Liberty to Live in the Spirit. (16-18)
1.
Therefore if we will live in the power of the Holy Spirit we will not be led by the
influence of the flesh.
2.
Our flesh battles against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh, so we end up
not doing what we want to we act like we are back on the devils chain gain.
3.
If you allow the Spirit to lead you, you will not be under the influence of the
flesh in your life.
4.
This keeps us free from those chains that the devil tries to intimidate us with all
of our earthly life.
C.
The Chains of the Flesh. (19-21)
1.
The flesh when it is in control, the results can be seen in these symptoms of life
or characteristics.
2.
All types of immorality, all types of paganism, all types of disorders among men,
false teaching and so forth.
3.
Addictions of the flesh which cause all types of ungodly behavior in our life as a
sinner.
C.
The Fruit of Liberty in Life. (22, 23)
1.
Now when we are living in our liberty there is fruit that is from the Holy Spirit in
our life.
2.
It also has its characteristics or lifestyle, such as love, joy, peace, patience,
gentleness, goodness and strong faith.
3.
Also in humility and self control which has no limit, freedom from the bondage
of the devils chain gain.