{"id":749,"date":"2013-10-20T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/wp\/?p=749"},"modified":"2013-11-16T16:22:25","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T23:22:25","slug":"hopes-liberation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/wp\/2013\/10\/20\/hopes-liberation\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope&#8217;s Liberation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/sermons\/sermon-20131020.mp3\">Hope&#8217;s Liberation<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The expectancy of something good!<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Titus 3:4-7<\/strong> But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior that being justified by His grace we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.<\/p>\n<p>God liberates us through His <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mercy<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Galatians 2:20<\/strong> I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.<\/p>\n<p>God liberates us through Christ\u2019s life <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In Us<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John 16:8-11<\/strong> When the Holy Spirit comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.<\/p>\n<p>God liberates us through the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Holy Spirit<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Titus 3:7<\/strong> Being justified by His grace we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.<\/p>\n<p>God liberates us by grace to a Hope of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Eternal Life<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hope&#8217;s Liberation The expectancy of something good! 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