Freedom in Faith： Action4Canada Youth Speeches 2023
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Summary
In today's pour, I talk about the freedom we have in faith and how God is fighting our battles for us and the freedom that comes with our faith in Him. God is still in control of our rights and our charters of rights and freedoms, but as long as we have faith in God, we will always be free.
Transcript
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Hi, my name is Chesney, and today I'm going to be talking about the freedom we have in faith.
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Jesus said in Matthew 21, verses 21 through 22,
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Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree,
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but also you could say to this mountain, be removed and cast into the sea, and it will be done.
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And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.
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This is a verse we see a lot, the faith can move mountains.
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But it seems that these days we get so caught up in the mountains and how large they look,
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that we forget who is fighting our battles for us and the freedom that comes with our faith in God.
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A mountain I get caught up in way too regularly is how much control our government is trying to have over us.
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Just by looking at some of our charters of rights and freedoms, we can see that they're being broken.
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We were given the freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and expression,
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but on April 27th of 2023, Bill C-11, the Online Censorship Act, was passed to control free speech.
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Our freedom of peaceful assembly, well, they were pretty quick to jump on to an emergency act
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when it came to the trucker's convoy. So that also was being broken.
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Our freedom to move freely within and around Canada.
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What about the unvaccinated Canadians who weren't allowed to travel?
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And now they're trying to implement 15-minute cities to control where we can go in our own towns.
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Our freedoms of life, liberty, and security are also getting infringed.
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When Alberta wouldn't even let people defend their own homes from a forest fire,
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sending people with equipment, with tractors and all these cats and everything like that,
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sending them away and letting people like strangers onto people's personal property
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to clean out their homes and remove everything that was deemed dangerous.
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They also want to start having digital IDs on all of us as well.
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As you can see, this stresses me out quite a bit,
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but in moments like these, we luckily have Jesus living within us
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and his sacrifice for a renewed relationship with him will be a freedom forever,
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When I get worked up over all the politics and issues of the world,
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I think of the story of Peter when he was walking on water.
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It started off that all the disciples were terrified,
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thinking that Jesus was a ghost, appearing to them out of the mist in the water.
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And then it led to Peter taking a step of faith towards Jesus
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When Peter had his eyes on Jesus, he absolutely had no issues walking on water.
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And immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught him
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and said to him, oh, you of little faith, why did you doubt?
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Jesus gives us the freedom to have faith in him and will catch us when we fall.
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When we have our eyes on Jesus, the wind and mountains seem a lot less scary.
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But when we start to drown or panic, that's when we start focusing on the world.
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And that's why we have such a freedom in faith.
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When everything in the world can be taken away,
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And Jesus's death and resurrection can't be reversed.
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All we have to do is look to God and he will guide us
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because Jesus is the same today, tomorrow, and forever.
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we will forever be God's children and have his Holy Spirit within us.
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In conclusion, God is finding our balance for us
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and Jesus's sacrifice gives us freedom forever as long as we have faith in him.
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Our charters of rights and freedoms can easily be infringed
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Like Peter took a step of faith and focused on Jesus to walk on water,
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we need to do the same by letting the Lord free us
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from our overwhelming focus on the mountains and the storm around.