{"id":3312,"date":"2019-07-06T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2019-06-22T22:57:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T02:57:13","slug":"obedience-leads-to-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/obedience-leads-to-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Obedience Leads to Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-html-block\"><iframe title=\"Obedience Leads to Freedom 7\/6\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/pw52t-b56b53?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/pw52t-b56b53?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>I<u>f there\u2019s one thing we Americans value above everything else, it is freedom<\/u>. We cherish, guard and exercise our freedom, and woe to those who threaten it in any way. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>We\u2019re even willing to go to war to defend freedom, whether it\u2019s ours or someone else\u2019s. We are the world\u2019s self-appointed watchdogs of freedom.<br \/><\/em><br \/><strong>But Jesus says there\u2019s a higher value than freedom.<\/strong> In the Gospel of Matthew Jesus speaks not about freedom, <u>but about obedience to the will of God<\/u>.   <em><u>A God Alert<br \/><\/u><\/em><br \/><em>That\u2019s what righteousness is all about. Matthew uses the word righteousness seven times in his story of the life of Jesus, always connecting righteousness with being obedient to the will of God.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Obedience leads to Freedom\u2026.<br \/>The more we Obey God\u2019s Revealed Truth\u2026.<br \/>The more we become Liberated.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; If there\u2019s one thing we Americans value above everything else, it is freedom. We cherish, guard and exercise our freedom, and woe to those who threaten it in any way. We\u2019re even willing to go to war to defend freedom, whether it\u2019s ours or someone else\u2019s. We are the world\u2019s self-appointed watchdogs of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"qubely_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured.png",150,150,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured.png",150,150,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured.png",150,150,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured.png",150,150,false],"medium":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured.png",150,150,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured.png",150,150,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured.png",150,150,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured.png",150,150,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured.png",150,150,false],"ocean-thumb-m":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured.png",150,150,false],"ocean-thumb-ml":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured.png",150,150,false],"ocean-thumb-l":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured.png",150,150,false],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured.png",150,150,false],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured.png",150,150,false],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured.png",100,100,false],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1561258541_featured-45x45.png",45,45,true]},"qubely_author":{"display_name":"Medard Laz","author_link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/author\/medlaz\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/category\/daily-treats\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Daily Treats<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"&nbsp; &nbsp; If there\u2019s one thing we Americans value above everything else, it is freedom. We cherish, guard and exercise our freedom, and woe to those who threaten it in any way. We\u2019re even willing to go to war to defend freedom, whether it\u2019s ours or someone else\u2019s. 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