Posts Tagged ‘Freedom’

DELIVERANCE AND TRUE FREEDOM

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Day 228

“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
has made me free from the law of sin and death”
Romans 8:2

Freedom.

People think they are free. They value personal freedom and fight to maintain these rights. Western culture, in particular, prides itself as an enlightened people where education has solved all our problems. The total sum of all this is deceit. People are not free at all. The opposite is true; they are in bondage.

At one time, we were also in bondage. Moreover, we could cry with Paul, “I know that nothing good lives in me” [Romans 7:18]. In fact, we lived under the law of sin and death. There is no choice when you are under the law. All the good of man is unacceptable to God because it does not honor or bring glory to Him. It is a vain imitation of God’s goodness, all without God.

Our glorious Father, though, made provision for those who would believe in Him. The Lord superseded the law of sin with the Law of the Spirit of Life through the death of His Son Jesus Christ and His resurrection. We, who were condemned, are now free because of the law of the Spirit of life. What an amazing thing! It is not through our own works and self-help, but through the resurrected power of our Savior we are no longer under condemnation and are free.

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the
Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom”
2 Corinthians 3:17

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THE MOST HOLY PLACE

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Day 193

“I will meet with you”
Exodus 25:22

Jesus is coming.

He wants to meet with you.

He is going to meet you with His mercy-seat.

And, He is going to tear down everything in you that impedes and hinders you from meeting Him.

You are His and He has come to make you as He is. There is only one focus in The Most Holy Place: God Himself. Not Satan, not the world, not the flesh. And, not your sins. It is He Himself. The Father beholds His Son and He is passionate about you. He is jealous about you. He will not share you with anyone or anything else.

Listen saints; He created you to be His and He has had enough with the things that have captured you. Man has tried to put God in a box. We have impaired ourselves with a religious system and practices that box God into a Sunday package. We have perceptions and beliefs about God that distort a true picture of who He really is to us. We practice a dichotomy of God up there and us down here. We believe in self-realization, self-strength, and self sufficiency instead of resting purely on Him. We see Him as an answer Man to get us through and out of things instead of a Friend. We give Satan credit for everything wrong instead of seeing him as a defeated enemy. The list goes on and on.

Guess what? He’s had enough. He’s coming and is going to set you free. He wants His child back. He’s coming with fire in His eyes and will burn away everything that isn’t His. He will refine and purify you, cleansing your house and setting it in order. Praise God!

“They will be mine, says the Lord Almighty”
Malachi 3:17

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SET FREE FROM CAPTIVITY

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Day 178

“Be free from your captivity!”
Isaiah 48:20

Why God even concerns Himself with sinful people is a marvel! He has redeemed us, unbinding, setting free and releasing us from our sins. Yet, redemption goes much further than we imagine. It isn’t, ‘o.k., you are free and if you get back into sin and captivity you are left to your own devices’ His sacrifice gave us forgiveness for the past, present and future. The truth is we are not sinless and many do go back into captivity. What then?

What would a father do? Can his sons and daughters cease to be his children? Can he cast them out and forget them? The fact is fathers rescue their children all the time from foolishness and even when they willfully get themselves in trouble. And when the father comes he releases them from their captivity. The children find peace, safety and comfort in the powerful actions of their loving fathers.

Earthly fatherhood is a pattern of our heavenly Father. We are created in the image and likeness of God. And our God is the Father of fathers. And although earthly fathers are imperfect, He is perfect. He knows how stubborn, obstinate, unbending, hardheaded, and rebellious we are [His own words, Isaiah 48, NLT]. That’s why His redemption goes further than we ever imagined. He continues to rescue us again and again because of His unconditional love. Who is a God like Him?

“He will rescue you again and again
so that no evil can touch you”
Job 5:19

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OUR TRUE FREEDOM

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Day 103

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free”
Galatians 5:1

Freedom is a wonderful experience. It is highly valued in our culture. Unfortunately, the meaning today is more focused on individual rights over others. People talk a lot about freedom, usually meaning they are free to do what they want, when they want, and how they want. In reality, this freedom is not a true freedom; it is bondage to the nature of sin. The subtlety of this freedom is that is directly opposed to God and His kingdom.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. This freedom is a deliverance from the power of sin, accusing conscience, wrath of God and the tyranny of Satan. It is also a freedom from fear and self-works. But, wait! It’s more than deliverance – it is the gaining of walking and living in the Spirit of Christ with access to the Father. There is a joy from delighting and pleasing the Father. It is a freedom PLUS.

Who is the true free person? Is it not the one blessed of God? He has given us grace, mercy and comfort. True freedom brings us liberty from death and imparts God’s blessings on us. We become His and He dwells in us. His grace gives us favor. His mercy is what permits us, with all our human sinfulness, flawed characters and idiosyncrasies, to live in freedom, not fearing being lost. It covers us – it is our Mercy Seat. And in all this He comforts us as a mother comforts her child [Isaiah 66:13], and as a father has compassion on his children [Psalm 103:13].

“So if the Son sets you free,
you will be free indeed”
John 8:36

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