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    Loosed Shackles: Living in the Freedom of Christianity
    Loosed Shackles: Living in the Freedom of Christianity
    Loosed Shackles: Living in the Freedom of Christianity
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    Loosed Shackles: Living in the Freedom of Christianity

    By Rosemary Abram

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    More than anything, I feel that a personal relationship with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit (the Holy Trinity) is the only true goal of Christianity. It is out of this belief and my experience of professing Christianity (but not truly grasping its true goal) that this devotional emerged.

    One enters salvation with a happy overflowing heart. Then, as we begin to travel this life choice journey, we find ourselves confronted with the trappings of misdirected religion.

    To understand religion, let's look at its definition at www.thefreedictionary.com:

    a. The belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers, regarded as creating and governing the universe: respect for religion.

    b. A particular variety of such belief, especially when organized into a system of doctrine and practice: the world's many religions.

    c. A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.

    It is "c" above where we can get off course and into those nonbiblical dos and don'ts, the rules and regulations, pomp and pageantry, the placing of the Christian leader on a pedestal, things that are constructed on human frailty. It is to these confining and restrictive attitudes that I say enough!

    In this fifty-two-week devotional, I am sharing some of the truths God has revealed to me in his Word that helped free me and put me on the path to attaining my own more personal relationship with him, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.

    I hope that you too will find sound doctrine in the Word of God that is presented in these weekly inspection and reflection writings. May the Scriptures and principles enable you to walk free in the liberty that we have in Jesus Christ (Gal. 5:1). It is my desire that they will help you recognize and overcome any aspects of "religious thinking" currently preventing you from attaining a more fulfilling and free relationship with the Holy Trinity.

    Live out your salvation in victory, breaking the shackles that can bind!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristian Faith Publishing, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 4, 2022
    ISBN9781638740964
    Loosed Shackles: Living in the Freedom of Christianity

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      Loosed Shackles - Rosemary Abram

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      Loosed Shackles

      Living in the Freedom of Christianity

      Rosemary Abram

      ISBN 978-1-63874-095-7 (paperback)

      ISBN 978-1-68570-349-3 (hardcover)

      ISBN 978-1-63874-096-4 (digital)

      Copyright © 2021 by Rosemary Abram

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.

      Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

      832 Park Avenue

      Meadville, PA 16335

      www.christianfaithpublishing.com

      Scriptures marked AMP are taken from the AMPLIFIED BIBLE (AMP): Scripture taken from the AMPLIFIED® BIBLE, Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by the Lockman Foundation Used by Permission.

      Scriptures marked KJV are taken from the KING JAMES VERSION (KJV): KING JAMES VERSION, public domain.

      Scriptures marked NIV are taken from the NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV): Scripture taken from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™. Used by permission of Zondervan.

      Scriptures marked NLT are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW LIVING TRANSLATION (NLT): Scriptures taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW LIVING TRANSLATION, Copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

      Printed in the United States of America

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Chapter 13

      Chapter 14

      Chapter 15

      Chapter 16

      Chapter 17

      Chapter 18

      Chapter 19

      Chapter 20

      Chapter 21

      Chapter 22

      Chapter 23

      Chapter 24

      Chapter 25

      Chapter 26

      Chapter 27

      Chapter 28

      Chapter 29

      Chapter 30

      Chapter 31

      Chapter 32

      Chapter 33

      Chapter 34

      Chapter 35

      Chapter 36

      Chapter 37

      Chapter 38

      Chapter 39

      Chapter 40

      Chapter 41

      Chapter 42

      Chapter 43

      Chapter 44

      Chapter 45

      Chapter 46

      Chapter 47

      Chapter 48

      Chapter 49

      Chapter 50

      Chapter 51

      Chapter 52

      Forward

      More than anything I feel that a personal relationship with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit (The Holy Trinity) is the only true goal of Christianity. It is out of this belief and my experience of professing Christianity, but not truly grasping its true goal, that this devotional emerged.

      One enters salvation with a happy overflowing heart. Then as we begin to travel this life choice journey, we find ourselves confronted with the trappings of misdirected religion. Religion is defined at www.thefreedictionary.com as:

      The belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers, regarded as creating and governing the universe: respect for religion.

      A particular variety of such belief, especially when organized into a system of doctrine and practice: the world’s many religions.

      A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.

      It is meaning C above where we can get off course and into those things that are constructed on human frailty. Non-biblical dos and don’ts, the rules and regulations, pump, and pageantry. It is to these confining and restrictive attitudes that I say ENOUGH!

      In this fifty-two-week devotional I am sharing some of the truths God has revealed to me in His word that helped free me and put me on the path to attaining my own more personal relationship with Him, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.

      I hope that you too will find sound doctrine in the word of God that is presented in these weekly inspection and reflection writings. May the scriptures and principles enable you to walk free in the liberty that we have in Jesus Christ. (Gal. 5:1) It is my desire that they will help you recognize and overcome any aspects of religious thinking currently preventing you from attaining a more fulfilling and FREE relationship with The Holy Trinity.

      Live out your salvation in victory, breaking the shackles that can bind!

      Acknowledgements

      First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge God, my Father, Jesus Christ, my Savior, and the Holy Spirit that abides within me. I know my final acceptance of Jesus was initiated by my mother, Rosie B. Milner, who saw to it that I was brought up knowing God and the importance of a relationship with him. I love you and miss you daily.

      I am forever grateful to the men of God who have been instrumental to my spiritual growth. Reverend L.J. Dunbar whose spiritual leadership molded my childhood. Supt. Arthur Strong Sr., my spiritual father, who laid the foundation of what it means to be saved and live a Christian life; Dr. Alfred Craig Sr. who watered my spiritual soil, which generated more growth; and currently, Dr. Jonathan E. Logan who is pouring himself out to me and my church family by preaching the unadulterated Word of God in and out of season (2 Tim. 4:2). His teaching is striping away those doctrines that bind and lead the way to a simple trust in God alone, which creates an abundant life serving Jesus Christ.

      I lovingly thank my husband, Ronald, my children, Nicole and Christopher, for their encouragement, cheerleading, faith in me, and love. This has been a fifteen-year journey, and they have never lost faith in my ability to complete this work. Without you, I would have given up! Finally, no work centered in the Word of God would be true and accurate without the input from a theologian. A special thank you, Dr. Alma Fielder, for your counsel and suggestions, which made this a much better book than it might otherwise have been.

      Commitment—I Am Saved

      I Am Saved

      1

      Jesus Flipped the Script—From Cursed to Forgiveness

      The story of Joseph parallels man’s salvation through Jesus Christ as written in the books of the Gospels.

      —Genesis chapters 37–45 NIV

      I’m sure you have experienced the Word of God leap off the page, and through the revelation of the Holy Spirit, a point is made vividly clear. This happened to me when I read in Genesis the story of Joseph and his brothers. I realized that this man, when he had every right and the opportunity to punish those who had mistreated him, instead used his power to save and deliver. I kept thinking about the story feeling that I had heard these words before. Then I got it. Jesus did the same for all mankind (Eph. 2:1–5).

      You probably know the story, but think about it again—Joseph was put in a situation where his own brothers had done him very wrong by selling him to men who

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