MAIN PAGE
  MISSION
    Vision
    Dr. Cho's Greetings
    Organization

  DR. DAVID CHO
    66-year Ministry
    Core of Messages
    Sermon Data

  CRUSADE
    Nations Visited
    Crusade VOD
    Related Stories

  PUBLICATIONS
    Journal
         
  GIVING
    Donations

  CONTACT US (FAQ)
 
  I want to be healed.
 Dr. Cho's Prayer)))
  I want to be a Christian.
 Dr. Cho's Prayer)))
   Chiang Mai Meeting


Pastor Cho's Sermon Outline - Yoido Full Gospel Church - Seoul, Korea
Take Off the Grave Clothes and Let Him Go
John 11:40 ~ 11:44
2003-02-16

The most important thing for a person is to be free from oppressive restriction and enjoy freedom and human rights. In a zoo, we can see animals held captive in cages. Although they are fed three times a day and well cared for, they are unfortunate; they have been deprived of their right to enjoy freedom. Christ came to this world to free us from spiritual death and to help us reclaim true spiritual freedom and human rights.

Bound from birth. Human beings were originally free and liberated beings. We were made in God's own image. We were His masterpiece, created for His glory (Genesis 1:26-28; Isaiah 43:7). Through the fall of Adam and Eve, sin entered the world and caused the human race to become prisoners to sin, Satan, worldliness, disease, the curse, poverty, death, and hell (John 8:34; Titus 3:3; Ecclesiastes 5:15-17). It is deeply ingrained within our subconscious that we are sinful people, living the lives of slaves.

Christ-given freedom. "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free"(Galatians 5:1). Jesus proclaimed the Gospel to give us back our original rights in God (Luke 4:18,19). He became a sacrifice on the Cross to cancel the debt of human beings (1 John 2:2; Ephesians 1:7; Galatians 4:6,7). God has freed us from sin and suffering (Matthew 8:17). A Korean missionary gave birth in poor hospital facilities in an undeveloped country. Both the baby and mother were suffering from the effects of childbirth. The mother listened to my sermon tape recorded ten years earlier. After I prayed for the sick, I said that God had healed someone suffering from childbirth. Through faith, the missionary mother and her baby were both healed! We were born slaves, but Christ freed us (Galatians 3:13,14; Hebrews 2:14,15; Romans 6:22).

Take off the grave clothes and let him go. Although Lazarus walked out of his tomb, he was still covered in grave clothes; he was not yet free. Christ said, "Take off the grave clothes and let him go (John 11:43,44). We are new creations in Christ . . . free beings, liberated from death (2 Corinthians 5:17). We have a new identity (John 8:32; 2 Corinthians 3:17). Many Christians do not realize that Christ has provided a holistic salvation for us, even while living on this earth. Be free spiritually; be free materially; be free physically. This is not a partial salvation; it is a holistic salvation (3 John 1:2). Untie the knots of sin and death. Untie the knots of poverty and disease. Take off the grave clothes of sadness and suffering. Through prayer, you must ask God to free you (Matthew 18:18,19). Call out to Him so these knots can be untied. Put off your old self and put on your new self-the new clothes of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:22-24).

Heavenly Father, help us to take off the grave clothes of sin, death, poverty, disease, sadness, and suffering, and put on the new clothes of freedom and blessing.



Previous sermon:
  • The Happy Life(2019-12-30)  
  • Cast out the Demons(2019-12-23)  
  • The Water and Bread of Life(2019-12-16)  
  • The Devil Who Took the Power of the Air(2019-12-09)  
  • The Recovery of the Lost Eden(2019-12-02)  
  • Jesus the Good Shepherd(2019-11-25)  
  • Children Who Serve God(2019-01-06)  
  • Go Around and Ask All Your Neighbors for Empty Jars(2018-11-18)  
  • True Neighbor(2018-11-11)  
  • The Parable of a Sower(2018-11-04)  
  • The sprit That sets us free(2018-10-28)  
  • The Blood of Jesus and Prayer(2018-10-14)  
  • The Affliction Wakes a Sleeper up(2018-10-07)  
  • The Life of Prayer and Thanksgiving(2018-09-30)  
  • Hope in the Heart(2018-09-23)  

    Page Move 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 [Next]

    • Daily Bible
    Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.

    3 John  1:11

     

    ---------------- DAILY QT (Quiet Time) --------------------

    "Reading Through the Bible" is a program that encourages you to read the Bible straight through in one year. Do your best to read the following:


    Through the Bible, you will receive great and mighty messages you do not know (Jeremiah 33:3).
    Previous Daily QT...
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Copyright David Cho Evangelistic Mission. All Rights Reserved.
    Tel. (82-2)783-9910 / Fax. (82-2) 761-9156
    dcem@davidcho.com