One With God

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One with God

Dec 31, 2023

Galatians 3:26-4:7 

One in God 

Cultural Mandate 

Sexual Mandate 

“For those of you who are in Christ, antagonism, criticism, snide remarks, subtle insinuations, and overt prejudices must end, for in Him male and female are one” Scot McKnight 

Social Mandate 

One of God’s 

We were enslaved 

Definition of Freedom: The absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action 

The Invictus Poem  

Out of the night that covers me, 

      Black as the pit from pole to pole, 

I thank whatever gods may be 

      For my unconquerable soul. 
 

In the fell clutch of circumstance 

      I have not winced nor cried aloud. 

Under the bludgeonings of chance 

      My head is bloody, but unbowed. 
 

Beyond this place of wrath and tears 

      Looms but the Horror of the shade, 

And yet the menace of the years 

      Finds and shall find me unafraid. 
 

It matters not how strait the gate, 

 How charged with punishments the scroll, 

I am the master of my fate, 

      I am the captain of my soul. - William Henely 

Invictus Poem Redeemed:  

Out of the light that dazzles me,
 
Bright as the sun from pole to pole,
 
I thank the God I know to be,
 
For Christ - the Conqueror of my soul. 
 

Since His the sway of circumstance,
 
I would not wince nor cry aloud.
 
Under the rule which men call chance,
 
My head, with joy, is humbly bowed. 
 

Beyond this place of sin and tears,
 
That Life with Him and His the Aid,
 
That, spite the menace of the years,
 
Keeps, and will keep me unafraid. 
 

I have no fear though straight the gate:
 
He cleared from punishment the scroll.
 
Christ is the Master of my fate!
 
Christ is the Captain of my soul! 

We are made Sons and Daughters 

We are made Heirs