“So if the Son sets you free, you
will be free indeed”
Jesus is
not being dramatic or poetic here. He means exactly what He says…He is saying that
the word “freedom” means something, and unless He has set you free, you don’t
know what it is.
Are you
free? …Do you want to be free? …Or have you become comfortable in your
confinement?
Animals
that are raised in cages acclimate to them. They find security in their
imprisonment. It is heartbreaking that
when the door is finally open, they often remain inside, because they fear
liberty.
Finding
comfort in confinement is not freedom, but we do the same thing. We become
comfortable in our sin. It is familiar
and predictable and though it imprisons us, we choose to be a slave to it
because it is all we know. Furthermore,
as we look around this world - it is all we see … but that is not freedom.
Freedom is
not mundane and predictable. It is liberating and empowering. There is an anticipation and excitement to
it. That is why Jesus differentiated between what the world calls freedom, and
what He calls freedom.
Christ
didn’t just open the door, he destroyed the cage. He conquered death, and rose from the grave, sin
has lost its grip on you …So, the question is, what sin have you surrendered to?…Whatever it is, it
is powerless, and you can walk away.
Jesus says
He has broken the chains and you can be truly free. But no one can push you out of your cell, you
must walk out on your own. Today you can leave the dungeon you have lived in
your entire life…you just have to follow Him out.
We have
all seen the photos of freed prisoners from concentration camps…The pure joy at
the arrival of liberating forces is evident on their faces…. That can be you
this morning…That can be you every morning.
Step into
the sunshine and begin the life you were meant to live…because when the Son of
God sets you free…there is no prison that can hold you.
“Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.”
- Rosa Luxemburg
- Rosa Luxemburg
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