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But the Good Book says we are all slaves to sin. We are only freed from sin by our faith in Jesus, not by following rules.

Here's another way of looking at it. The Law was like a prison guard until Jesus came. It kept us safe, but locked away until Jesus could make us right with God and set us free.

It's like this, if a dad dies and leaves an inheritance to his kids, they're not much better off until they grow up. They may own what their dad had, but it's not really theirs until they grow up.

But at just the right moment, God sent his only boy, born to a virgin, and under the same set of rules as everyone else.

You are no longer a child slave of sin, but one of God's own children—with an inheritance that will come as well.

But now you know the one and only God. But to be honest, it is God who knows us, not the other way around.

But what has changed? Am I now your arch enemy just because I told you the truth?

I wish I were there so I could help y'all. But as it is now, this is all I can do.

Some of you folks want to live under the Code, but do you really know what is says?

His first son was born like any other kid. But his second son wasn't the result of normal human birth. Isaac was the result of a promise from God.

But the other wife, Sarah, is like the Jerusalem that will come down from heaven. She is a free woman and this new city will be like our mother.

But Abraham's other boy, Ishmael, the one born normal, caused a lot of problems for the promised child, Isaac. The same thing is happening today.

But don't go forgetting what the Good Book said, "Sort out the slave woman and her child. The son of the free lady will receive all his daddy's inheritance. The slave woman's son will receive nothing."

But those of us who ride with the power of the Holy Ghost are waitin' on God to make us right through our faith in his boy.

You ain't going to get infected or infect anyone else if you keep to the truth. I'm confident all of y'all are true riders of the brand. These lies might find your ears, but don't let 'em get to your heart or your mouth. God will deal with these liars one day and it ain't gonna be pretty.

As for y'all though, you were called to ride free. But this freedom doesn't mean you are free to follow every dirty thought that crosses your mind. Use your freedom to serve others, not satisfy yourselves.

But if y'all act like a bunch of hungry coyotes who are constantly biting and snarling at each other, don't be surprised when y'all are all chewed to pieces.

But riding with the Holy Ghost makes a man be able to love and have things like joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Cowboys, if you catch someone doing something they shouldn't, you should love 'em enough to set 'em back on the right path; but do it gently. And another thing, watch what you're doing, too. Don't be a hypocrite and point out people's faults while you're neck deep in the same mud.

But if you think you're too good to get off and lend a hand to a broken fellow, you show just how small a man you really are. You can talk a big game all you want, but the only one who believes your lies is you.