Deceptions, diminished freedom, censorship, all of those things are flourishing

around us in this environment, but we're still intact.

Not only that, nevertheless, we're still free.

We are free.

We are free. We are free. We're aware to varying extensive what's happening in the world

depending on God's goodness to us and we are very much on an assignment. You're listening to Alan Jackson Ministries.

You can get the outlines for this episode at Alan Jackson.com

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on to Pastor Allen. Be blessed.

We're working through a series under the general title of There is a God.

And it's such an important premise. It's as important as anything that I'll say after that.

There is a God.

There is a God, a Creator God, an all-knowing god, an all-powerful god.

And here's the punchline, and you can know him.

You see, if there was a god, but he was aloof and apart and unknowable it would be

terrifying and not helpful but there is a God and you and I can know him.

He sent his son to become one of us, to walk amongst us, that we might

understand who he is and how he cares for us. In all of scripture from

Genesis to revelation there is no attempt to explain why God loves us

It's just stated as a matter of fact in spite of our rebellion and all of our shortcomings and we have them. God cares about you. There is a

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