OUTLINE:

Jn 4:13-14
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Act 4:12
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

“the fountain of living waters” – Jer 2:13
To the OT saints, they were looking forward to a time where these “living waters” would flow out of Jerusalem. Metaphorically, they refer to cleansing, spiritual life, and the transforming power of God the Holy Spirit.

Gal 5:1
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Col 3:14 [Amplified]
Beyond all these things put on and wrap yourselves in [unselfish] love, which is the perfect bond of unity [for everything is bound together in agreement when each one seeks the best for others].

Ro 6:16
Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Freedom Versus Autonomy – blog 9/30/22
God is the only autonomous being. All other creatures ever created are under God’s sovereignty. While certainly free in many ways, man is not autonomous.

Freedom Versus Autonomy – blog 9/30/22
We have the God-given right to enjoy whatever freedom we are given under the law. God-ordained authorities enforce the boundary conditions of our freedom to protect ourselves and others (from ourselves).

Freedom Versus Autonomy – blog 9/30/22
If man were truly free from rule other than his own (aka as a law unto himself, under self-law), then he would be autonomous, by nature, and therefore equal with God.

In the sphere of love there is infinite creativity.

Why in the world would He go through all of that and then try to OPPRESS you???

2Co 4:4
In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

1Co 13:8
“Love never ends” [ESV]
…or…
”Love never fails” [NASB]