Off the Hook

When I was in the fifth grade I had the opportunity to go camping in Balarat Colorado. The trip was a school trip, and all year the students had to earn the right to go camping. The trip was a annual fifth grade trip for all the DPS so it was widespread stories about this place among the big kids. Well, it was my time now. I had heard of the night hikes, the panning for gold, the cabins and so on. However, the highlight of the trip that I was looking forward to was fishing. I had only been fishing once in my life and I was looking forward to this the most. I had envisioned myself with a huge fish and bringing it home and bragging about my catch. I knew that my catch would be the greatest of the entire class.

So upon arrival we went on several hikes, we panned for gold, I didn’t get much. We ate, studied rocks, looked at animals and explored the campus. Finally it was time to fish. They showed us how to put bait on it, and how to prepare the line and everything. Then we flew it out and let it sit. Now I’m not sure what type of fishing it was but it wasn't long before fish began to bite for us all. I don’t remember if my fish bit first because I wasn’t paying attention to anyone else because I knew that mine was going to be great. So I reeled it in and there it was. It wasn’t what I had hoped but it was my catch and it was going on my plate. Then out of the blue I heard the instructor say these words that changed my entire mood, “Good catch Gary, now throw it back.” Wait! What? (Preach Off the hook)

And God has been getting people off the hook for as long as we have been here.

He got Adam off the hook when he slaughter an animal to cover his parts.

He Got Abraham off the hook when he lied to Pharoah about his wife

Rahab off the hook with a red chord

He got David off the hook when he killed Uriah

Jews off the hook with Esther

Sampson off hook by growing returning his strength back.

Peter, Paul, Woman.

We Avoid the Death Penalty

Therefore..No Condemnation..

The Law of Spirit of life…Freed from the law of death

If God freed us why do we condemn each other?

The Opposite of the law of sin and death is the law of the Spirit. This law overrides sin and death. The law of gravity says what goes up must come down. However, when you get in an airplane, there is another law at work—the law of aerodynamics. This law says that if an object moves at a certain speed, and with a certain thrust, it will be able to climb out of gravity’s pull. When an airplane flies, gravity hasn’t stop being “gravitational”; it has simply stopped being in control.

God’s Ability, Not Ours

The law as given by God but it could not accomplish perfection because it relied on our performance and not God’s. Thus it was weakened.

God arranged someone who could, namely Himself.

There was a man from another country who had a curfew who now lived in America who found out his laws didn’t have power in the new country.Th

Now we fulfill the requirement of the law if we walk according to the Spirit. (We don't kill because the law, but because of Love…Run)

Live Accordingly

How you determine to live will dictate what you set your mind on. And what you set your mind on will determine what you receive. (v.5) What you set your mind to…

Randy Moss choose football.

The decision is not hard…the mind set on the Flesh is death..the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace.

All we should desire to please God!

Jesus pleased God…(Run on how Jesus pleased the Father)

It should be our honor to please the one who pleased God for us.

I wan’t him to be pleased…at my job…in my house…in my ministry…in my body…in my mind…in my work…in my witness…in my life.