So if the Son makes
you free, you will be free indeed.
John 8:36 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
We all begin life as slaves to sin. We are
born into it just as human slaves can be born into slavery. They cannot be
freed by themselves, their parents or friends. They can only be freed by the
family who owns them. The only one who can free us from slavery to sin is
Christ because He is ruler over all. He has conquered sin and death so that all
who belong to Him are no longer under that slavery. His freedom cannot be taken
away or cancelled. No one can overrule His purchase. But we can deny it. We can
return to slavery by choice. Romans 6:16 says that we are a slave to the one we
obey, either Christ or sin. Should we leave the freedom Christ gives us to
return to slavery to sin? We must choose whether we will continue in His
freedom or return to our old life of slavery. Will we do as the Israelites in
the wilderness, pining for slavery because of the hardship of wandering? Choose
true freedom and remain in it!
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