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  THE TRUTH MAKES US FREE
  by Basilea Schlink
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Summary: The truth will set you free from your bondages and sinful ways,
but it requires humility, faith, and trust in God's promises and aid.

Duration: 4:35 Topics: "Radio Show"
Scripture References: Numbers 23:19, Psalm 18:2, Psalm 27:14, Mark 11:24, John 8:32, Romans 10:13, 2 Corinthians 5:17

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In this sermon, Basilia Schlink emphasizes the power of God to free
individuals from their sins and bondages. She encourages listeners to
have faith and trust in God's promises, as he always fulfills what he
says. Schlink reminds believers that waiting on God is beneficial, as it
humbles them and ultimately leads to experiencing God's help and
release. She also emphasizes the importance of seeking help and
accountability from spiritual counselors in the battle against sin and
bondages. Overall, the sermon emphasizes the need for faith, humility,
and reliance on God's promises for freedom from sin.

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CONTENT
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God lives and works today, but maybe you don't feel that way right now.
Is there no victory in your life, even though you've accepted Christ as
your Savior? Do you keep falling back into the same old sins? Today's
meditation by Basilia Schlink can help you. Do you feel that you're a
hopeless case? That you're so bound in your sins that it's impossible
for you to become free from them? If you do, the question for you to
consider is this.

Are you really taking the fight with your bondages seriously? Do you
really want to be free? If you do, then you can't encourage them by
trying to hide them from others. You must reveal these sinful bondages
to your spiritual counselor, especially during times of temptation when
they come over you with all their power. Have you accepted the fact that
you're a miserable being, a weak fighter, that you're overcome easily by
the strength of these bondages? Then seek someone to fight with you
against these bonds, and be thankful for each one who offers you help
and counseling in fighting this battle of faith.

The truth will make you free. That means that you must walk in the light
and face the truth, namely, to accept your sinfulness and bondages,
confessing them before those against whom you've sinned, or to the one
whom God has given you as a counselor. This is true humility.

And to the humble, God will give grace, the grace of his help. You'll
become free from these chains of your sins according to your faith. Yes,
when you call upon the name of Jesus, you will experience his salvation
and help.

He alone can loosen you from the iron bars and chains of your bondages,
but in his time, in his hour. If you have to make a long battle of faith
and wait a long time for his help, don't despair. Waiting is good for
you, for it will humble you, and in the end you will experience his help
and release.

For God's name is Ye and Amen. His promises count, and his fatherly love
will never disappoint you. We receive God's aid to the extent that we
believe in it.

God is not like a human being who promises something and then doesn't
fulfill it. No, what he promises, he fulfills. Therefore, when we want
to become free from our sins and bondages, we must believe until the
end.

Yes, believe and you will overcome. Believe and all will become new.
What you say comes about, of that there is no doubt.

His help he may delay, on dark or dreary way, but then he will impart
faith to my fearful heart. So I from day to day, in love and trust will
pray, and in my heart perceive, one day I will receive all I believed.
This program by Basilia Schlenk has come to you from the little land of
Canaan.

If you would like a free leaflet by the same author, please write to God
Lives and Works Today, 9849 N. 40th St., Phoenix, AZ 85028-4099. That's
God Lives and Works Today, 9849 N. 40th St., Phoenix, AZ 85028-4099. God
bless you.

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Audio: https://sermonindex1.b-cdn.net/22/SID22842.mp3
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/basilea-schlink/the-truth-makes-us-free/
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