Christ secured freedom that can never be lost.
Those without Christ will never experience true freedom. No matter how hard one works to secure freedom from things on earth, the ultimate freedom is to be free of the sins of the heart.
We all have craved and compromised for significance apart from Christ. We all have been found wanting. We all know the most oppressive condemnation is that which entangles the heart with the burden of unrighteous sinful thoughts, words, and deeds. Without Christ there is no freedom of worship, no relief from condemnation.
Because of Christ’s sacrifice we have been set free. There was no war that we could win, no declaration we could make, no payment that could be offered to gain this freedom. Your freedom was secured because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ given for you. In Christ, your heart has been set free to worship with integrity.
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:1-2
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Thank you Jay! I appreciate your blog. Your words fill my mind with the following thought: ‘In saving union with Christ, established and secured by Christ, we’ve been set free from the power of sin, and its condemnation, in order to be irresistibly free slaves to Infinite Life–to Christ.’ Oh to live every second in the fullness of this reality…. Maranatha, come Lord Jesus!