December 8, 2014

Free: December 8, 2014


TODAY’S WORD FOR MONDAY DECEMBER 8, 2014.

FREE

DEFINITION:

Enjoying personal rights or liberty exempt from external authority or interference; without payment required; not in bondage.

SCRIPTURE:

Jesus replied “ I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in a family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36.


KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

The God of this world, Satan, has blinded the minds of men to the extent that they believe those who sin are free and that the Christian, the believer in Jesus, is the one in bondage. But God says very clearly in His Word that our position before Him, as believers, is the exact opposite.

Sin is always by choice. No one makes us sin but when we allow sin into our life it has a way of taking control and dictating our actions so we become a slave to sin. When sin becomes our master there is only one person that can break sin’s power over us, and that is Jesus Christ.

One who does not believe in Jesus is in captivity to Satan, to self and to sin. The believer is free because he has accepted Christ as his or her Savior who has made us free. Jesus defeated the power and penalty of sin when He died for us on the cross.

YES, we are free as believers in Jesus. We are free from present judgment. Romans 8:1 tells us that we have “no condemnation” thus that makes us free from present judgments.

We are free from future judgments. Romans 5:9 tells us that we are “saved from wrath” and I Thessalonians 1:10 tells us that we are “delivered from the wrath to come”.

As believers we are also free from the bondage of sin (Romans 6:18). We are free from the law of sacrifice. In Romans 10:4 we are told that “Christ is the end of the law” so when we accepted Christ we were no longer under the law, because Jesus gave His life to be the perfect and complete sacrifice for all our sin.

As believers we are free from care. I Peter 5:7 tells us to “Cast all of our care upon Him and He will care for us.” And finally we are free from fear. II Timothy 1:7 says that “For God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and love and discipline.

While we were slaves to sin we had no place in the family of God, but because of God’s love and grace He has given to all those who believe and receive Jesus the right to become children of God (John 1:12). He has not only made us a part of His family but a joint heir with Christ (Romans 8:17).
LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in John 15:9.

Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you, abide in My love.

PRAYER:

Thank You for the freedom You have given me and my family because of our trust and faith in You. May our lives shine brightly to others who are fighting to find freedom in their lives.




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