Thursday, July 4, 2013

True Freedom

Today, being Independence Day, I am thinking about freedom.  To me Independence Day is about celebrating the freedoms we have in the United States of America.  True freedom does not come from our government.  Nor does it come from being independent.  True freedom comes from absolute dependence upon the Lord Jesus Christ.   Jesus came to set us free from every sin and bondage. 

Independence Day is the day the United States of America celebrates the declaration that this nation was separating itself from the oppressive rule of another nation.  Each one of us can have our own Independence Day.  The day we choose to separate ourselves from the oppressive rule of Satan and his demons and submit to the rule of Jesus Christ, in whom we find freedom, is our own individual Independence Day.

John 8:32 KJV And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

John 8:34-36 KJV Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. 35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

2 Corinthians 3:17 AMP  Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (emancipation from bondage, freedom).

Galatians 5:1 RSV For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

James 1:25 NIV  But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Ironically, true independence is leaving it all in the hands of the Lord