Concerning Christian Liberty
When we think about freedom we usually think about doing whatever we want. High schoolers
think that once they go off to college they would not be under the watchful eye of their parents
and do whatever they want.
BUT, the bible has a very different view of FREEDOM than the world’s. 1It is for freedom that
Christ has set us free (Galatians 5:1) and that 36 if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed
(John 8:36).
What is this freedom that we as Christians have?
Where the world views freedom from the self, what can I do to make ME happy, Christian liberty
starts from Christ who gave up his privileges in heaven, suffering and dying on the cross, and
being raised on the third day… so that we may have life abundant. From this, our lives have been
purchased so that we may freely worship, freely serve, freely give…Because Jesus saves us from
the penalty of the law and adopts us into the family of God as sons, we have freedom to go to our
heavenly father at anytime in Jesus name, we have been given the Holy Spirit to freely use our
spiritual gifts to serve and build up the family of God, the body of Christ, the church..
Our freedom starts with Christ and continually leads us back to Christ who freely gave his life for
you and for me..
1. The liberty which Christ purchased for believers under the gospel consists in their freedom
from the guilt of sin, from the condemning wrath of God, and from the curse of the moral law.
Furthermore, it consists in their being delivered from this present evil age, from bondage to Satan
and the dominion of sin, from the evil of afflictions, from the sting of death, from the victory
of the grave, and from everlasting damnation. It consists also in their free access to God and in
yielding obedience to him, not out of slavish fear, but out of a childlike love and willing mind. All
of these things were common to believers also under the law. Under the new testament, however,
the liberty of Christians is further enlarged: they are free from the yoke of the ceremonial law
to which the Jewish church was subjected; they have greater boldness of access to the throne of
grace; and they experience in greater measure the gifts of God’s free Spirit than believers under
the law ordinarily partook of.
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