TODAY’S WORD FOR TUESDAY JULY 26, 2016.
FREE
Enjoying personal rights or liberty that is exempt from external authority or interference; without payment required; not in bondage.
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.
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 sins 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 the one that 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. Our death sentence for our sins is cancelled immediately at the moment we accept Jesus as our Savior.
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”. The time is coming when Jesus will judge Satan and all who follow him and Jesus will pour out His wrath upon them. Only believers in Jesus will be spared.
As believers we are also free from the bondage of sin (Romans 6:18). We are free from the Law. 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. Our belief in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior ends our futile efforts to obtain righteousness through our imperfect attempts to obey the law.
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).
Our memory verse for this week is found in Leviticus 26:6.
I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none will make you afraid; I will rid the land of evil beasts, and the sword will not go through your land.
Thank You for freeing me from the bondage and penalty of sin because of my trust and faith in You. May my life be a testimony to others who are searching to find freedom from the bondage of sin in their lives.
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