<strong>TITLE: JESUS DESIRES TO SET YOU FREE</strong>

<strong>TEXTS: LUKE 13:10-17</strong>

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<strong>INTRODUCTION: ARE YOU IN BONDAGE ON TODAY?</strong>
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	<li>The psychological bondage of North American slavery… <u> </u></li>
	<li>Spirit of Infirmity <u>                                                             </u>
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	<li>Demonic Possession</li>
	<li>Externally Imposed Demons</li>
	<li>Self Imposed Demons</li>
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	<li>Could not straighten up at all For 18 years <u> </u>
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	<li>She had gotten used to it</li>
	<li>This is the way that it had been, and the way it wil always be…</li>
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	<li>Somebody here today… <u> </u></li>
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<strong>GOOD NEWS</strong>
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	<li>Jesus saw her… <u>                                                             </u></li>
	<li>Jesus spoke to her… <u>                                                             </u></li>
	<li>Jesus touched her… Immediately she straightened up, glorified God <u> </u></li>
	<li>Our challenge to See, Speak and Touch… <u> </u>
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	<li>Note: She never asked Jesus to set her free…</li>
	<li>Maybe, she did not know that she was in bondage…</li>
	<li>Maybe, she did not know how to get out of bondage</li>
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<strong>BAD NEWS</strong>
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	<li>The ruler of the synagogue became indignant <u> </u>
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	<li>Some people cannot appreciate that others are set free</li>
	<li>Therefore, they hold on to rituals, traditions, etc.</li>
	<li>Therefore, they keep secrets and establish “special rules”</li>
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	<li>Some people desire to keep you in bondage <u> </u>
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	<li>It is easier to control a person who is in bondage</li>
	<li>It is easier to keep a person down when they are in bondage</li>
	<li>We live in a dualistic world…</li>
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<strong>BETTER NEWS</strong>
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	<li>“Hypocrite!” <u> </u>
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	<li>Each of you on the Sabbath sets your ox or donkey free to drink</li>
	<li>Everyone wants good things for them and their family</li>
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	<li>So ought not this woman <u> </u>
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	<li>A daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, for 18 years</li>
	<li>Should we not want everyone to be set free?</li>
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	<li>Anyone not happy for you when God is doing something good for you,</li>
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wants for you to remain in bondage…. <u>                                           </u>

<strong>CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK: I WILL TRUST GOD, AND THOSE HE SENDS, TO REVEAL MY BONDAGE(S), AND SET ME FREE</strong>