Welcome to this weekend's Intouch Podcast with Charles Stanley.

God offers freedom to his followers.

Let's begin a series that explores a key teaching of Christianity,

that it's through faith and Christ that we are liberated to love.

Have you ever pondered seriously why God allowed you to be born?

Well, more than likely you've thought about it, but the question is,

what kind of a conclusion did you come to?

Or did you come to any conclusion or did you just say,

well, I just guess I was born and here I am and I'll make the best of it?

Well, the reason God allowed you to be born is in order for God to express his wonderful love to you.

You may not feel it, you may not even understand anything about the love of God,

but that's why you were created.

Not only that he could express his wonderful love to you,

but that you could love him in return.

And that's what I want to talk about in this message today.

And I want to begin a series entitled Liberated to Love.

And the title of this message is created to be lovers.

And I want you to turn if you will to Luke chapter 10.

And Luke chapter 10, a familiar passage of Scripture,

Jesus makes it very clear that you and I were created to be lovers.

And you'll recall this is the incident where they're asking him a question about the law.

And in the 25th verse of this 10th chapter,

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