John 8:36 "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed."
How many of us would like to be king or queen for a day?Imagine having all of that power,and liberty to do what ever we wanted.
Jezebel was once queen of Israel,she likely adorned herself in the finest royal apparel.But she pranced around unaware of the invisible robe made up of satanic chains wrapped tightly around her.She believed she had the liberty to do what ever she wanted, she even convienced her husband Ahab, to take what did not belong to him, simply because he was the king, and could do so.
But everytime she did what she wanted, she tightened her shackles.Jezebel thought she had everything and could do as she pleased, but she was in fact totally enslaved.Saints, liberty isn't freedom, liberty just means we have the freedom to choose,it is a free will, but we must make the right choice.
Sadly, we live in a generation of Jezebels.Our society has convinced us that doing as we please,having a lot of money, and being famous,brings freedom.Because we feel "free",we think we can do as we please, we do not understand how our selfishness and sinful desires can steal our freedom, making us a slave to many masters.
When we believers fail to fellowship with God and meditate in his word,we return to our former bondage and ways.Christ has indeed freed us ,removing the desire, passion,and appetite for sin without withdrawals or symptoms, but to remain free, requires us to remain in his presence and in his word.Only Jesus can free us from the bondage of sin and death, and if we are not free in Christ, we are no more free than Jezebel was,and are destined for the same terrible end.Jesus Christ the truth that makes us free............
Prosperity, prestige, priveledge, and power has engulfed church folk to the point where we look over and look past people God has placed in our path as an opportunity to be an example of humility and dependance on him, and we believing that our freedom has to do with us choosing who to socialize or minister to, puts us in grave danger of falling short. Our freedom has to do with us being free in Christ, to be used by him, whenever and however he chooses to use us, and any other idea of freedom is bondage.
ReplyDeleteAmen Brothers! This may sound totally cliche (ish), but I truly believe The Very Best Things in Life are free! Love, Friendship, Compassion, Sincerity, Integrity, etc.,...And Most of All Salvation and Our Free-will to accept Jesus as Our Personal Savior! The Negro (American) Slave understood this; they were stripped of Everything and literally Beaten, Raped & Lynched in the Name of Jesus by White Southern Baptist, Yet, listen to any Negro Spiritual, they were free long before slavery was abolished... because they had Jesus...
ReplyDeleteIf you have Jesus you have everything you need, the material things he blesses us with is not for our glory but for his and the building of his kingdom; Jesus died for people and there should be nothing in our life that means more to us than a soul that Jesus shedded his blood for.
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