Freedom In Christ!
"Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ
has made us free, and do not be entangled again
with a yoke of bondage."
Galatians 5: 1
A “freedom fighter” is someone who fights to overthrow
a government or authority perceived to be
oppressive.
There have been freedom fighters all over the
world.
Those who participated in the American Revolution in the
eighteenth
century can be called freedom fighters. They sought to throw off
what
they considered an oppressive yoke of burdensome taxation
and
subjugation without representation.
The apostle Paul can be considered a freedom fighter as
well.
When he began spreading the Gospel of grace through Jesus
Christ
apart from the law, some Jewish believers attempted to impose
the
yoke of the law on Paul’s Gospel. His
response?
“To whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the
gospel might continue” (Galatians 2:5). Paul took all the Galatian Christians
to task for replacing freedom in Christ with an obligation to the requirements
of the law. Once Paul tasted true spiritual freedom, he never looked
back.
If you have found freedom in Christ, “you shall be
free indeed” (John 8:36). Join Paul as a
spiritual
fighter for the Gospel of
freedom!
"Liberty has brought us the freedom
to be a slave of righteousness."
Charles Ryrie
