"It is
for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let
yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."
Does your faith make you feel free?
In this verse Paul is talking to some new believers who have
been delivered by the cross. Yet people
are telling them they must adopt more and more religious practices if they want
redemption.
Has that happened to us?
Is there a vanity in us that makes us think we can earn salvation? Paul calls that a “yoke of slavery”. It is an arrogant drudgery that will bleed
your spiritual life dry, and it is based on selfcenterdness.
Many people see the church as a restrictive cage where
members sit in bondage Sunday morning, and discuss all the things they cannot
do. Is that you? Is your faith a burden? Do you go to church to pick up your
shackles for the coming week? If so, then
you have been lied to.
Like a bird from a cage, we should celebrate Sunday
morning. We should sing because we cannot
hold it in. We should share the good
news with others not because we are supposed to, but because we can’t help it.
Don’t
buy the lie… Never allow the chains of dead religion to be placed on you again.
They were broken at an enormous price, and you have been set free.
Escape the burden today. Love God. Walk humbly with
Him. You have been made perfect in His
sight and all He desires is to fellowship with you. Salvation is not for sale, and you couldn’t
afford it if it was… His great gift to you is freedom, you are not a slave, you
are a son!
"Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying
on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but
if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose
what you want."
- Martin Luther
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