Certain Inalienable Rights

certain
…Endowed by their Creator with
unalienable Rights…Life, Liberty
and the pursuit of Happiness.
John Thomas
Locke Jefferson
Life
 …Let him deny 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

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guaranteeing our inheritance until
the redemption of those who are
God's possession…
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I have been crucified with

but Christ lives in me…

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Christ; it is no longer I who live,

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.

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

• Slide 3: Thomas Jefferson portrait by Charles Wilson Peale

(1791). Portrait of John Locke by de Fonroug after H.
Garnier (no date).

• Slide 10: The Christian Martyrs’ Last Prayer by Jean-Léon

Gérôme (1883).