Baptism is a big step toward walking in freedom it is more than just coming up here and getting dunked in some water it has a lot of spiritual significance and a lot is happening in the spirit realm. Colossians 2:11-15 Those that are baptized made a declaration to the seen and unseen realm that THEY ARE FOLLOWERS AND DISCIPLES OF CHRIST 3 Types of Baptisms The Blood - Free From Sin The Water - Free from Self The Spirit - Free to Life Like It! In this series we have been talking about empowerment and dominion! Luke 9:1 Words for Power in the Greek: Dunamis: (Explosive, Miracle Working power) Healing and Raising the dead. You show up and pray - He shows up and does mirables. Exousia: (Authoritative, Exercised Dominion) When you start to function in your biblical delegated authority there can be push back. In Luke 9 Jesus sends the 12 in Delegated power and authority on assignment In Luke 10 Jesus sends 70 More 2 by 2. Don't Get so caught up in the power that it replaces the intimacy Jesus came to restore that which was lost. He came to restore , , and Egktratia: (Strength in your Inner Man) Root Word Kratos - Strength In order to walk in true freedom We need Discernment to identify the Nature of the Battle True freedom requires more than external power; it needs inner strength: Fruit of the Spirit Galations 5:22-23 True Freedom Comes from the Inside Out To walk in true freedom we have to be Disciplined By The Spirit Though Discipleship 2 Timothy 1:7 If God gave us the spirit of a student - Then we must be students of the Spirit. Hebrews 12:5-8 Filled with the Father’s Love Sometimes we get so focused on what needs to get out of us that we miss what's trying to get into us! Let today be the day that we LET GO AND LET GOD!! Luke 24:49 John 13:17 Gal 5:16-18 TPT 16Let me emphasize this: As you yield to the dynamic life and power of the Holy Spirit, you will abandon the cravings of your self-life. 17 When your self-life craves the things that offend the Holy Spirit you hinder him from living free within you! And the Holy Spirit’s intense cravings hinder your self-life from dominating you! So then, the two incompatible and conflicting forces within you are your self-life of the flesh and the new creation life of the Spirit. 18But when you yield to the life of the Spirit, you will no longer be living under the law, but soaring above it!