Certain Inalienable Rights

Certain Inalienable Rights

certain unalienable Rights…Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. …Endowed by their Creator with

John Locke

Thomas Jefferson

Life

…Let him deny

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self, take up

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his cross, and follow Me…

Whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

Matthew 16:24

Ephesians 1:14 And you also were included in

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Christ…who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are

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God's possession…

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I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ

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lives in me…

Galatians 2:20

Liberty

Romans 6:6-7

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…We should no longer be

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slaves of sin, for he who has died has been freed from sin.

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But he who looks into the perfect

law of liberty…this one will be blessed…

James 1:25

I I C o r. 3 : 1 7

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…and where the Spirit

of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Pursuit of Happiness

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Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the

whole duty of man.

Eccl. 12:13

Matthew 6:33

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But seek

first the kingdom of God and His righteousness…

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…Lay up for yourselves

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treasures in heaven…For

where your treasure is, there your

heart will be also.

Matthew 6:20-21

We die to live. We give up liberties for freedom in Christ. We pursue things above.

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All images in this presentation are public domain and available through Wikimedia Commons

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Slide 3: Thomas Jefferson portrait by Charles Wilson Peale (1791). Portrait of John Locke by de Fonroug after H. Garnier (no date).

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Slide 10: The Christian Martyrs’ Last Prayer by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1883).