| "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." |
"Freeeeedom!" - That's the famous war cry by William Wallace (acted by Mel Gibson) in the movie Braveheart, as he rally his troops in a battle that saw the Scots defeated the much superior English army. The desire for freedom had energized the ragtag army of Scot peasants. Afterwards Wallace was betrayed and captured, and before he died, he cried out again, "Freeeeedom!" for the last time.
When God created man, He created him in His likeness, and in His likeness man was free. God is love, and this divine love value freedom so much that He gave man the free choice to eat the fruit of knowledge of good and evil (Gen 2:16), foreknowing that would mean sending of His only begotten Son to the cross!
When Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, the Spirit of God left them, man lost their rest in God (Gen 3:23) and freedom!
Christ was sent to restore this rest and freedom. When we accepted Christ as our Lord and Saviour, we entered into His Rest and have perfect freedom in His Rest. He came to set us free (Jhn 8:32), for we were bruised (Luk 4:18) and bound (Isa 61:1), and to have life and have it more abundantly (Jhn 10:10). For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ (Jhn 1:17).
However, devil does not want us to be free, for a free and thus bold Christian is too powerful for him to handle! For this, many Christian continue to be bound by fear and condemnation under the domain of sin (Rom 6:14) due to mixed teaching of law and grace by the false brethren among us (Gal 2:4)! Peter was rebuked by God when he tried to put Moses (representing law) and Elijah (representing prophets) on par with Jesus (representing grace) (Mat 17:4-5).
Brethren, our beloved Christ has given us our inheritance of freedom, to soar high and freely like an eagle and not bow low like a chicken. Hear what Jesus says, "Arise, and do not be afraid (Mat 17:6)." FREEEEEDOM!
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