Freedom is one of the most discussed ideas in the world but it can still be difficult to describe. Probably because of the huge amount of different subjects it can be applied to. When talking about our new life in the Spirit a description like this workswell, “Exemption from external control.” We say this because of our protection against the various attempts of the Devil to control our life. The Bible promises that: If the Son sets you free, you are truly free. John 8:36 (NLT). Our freedom is possible because Jesus in his righteousness has proven his power to defeat Satan any time he wants. It’s a wonderful feeling to know that Savior has the power to easily fulfill every promise in the Bible.
Having the full rights of citizenship in a free society is where people can feel independent. This is how we feel as Christians. Only God is truly independent but we have been joined with him through Jesus. He gives us the privilege of being truly free. Of course we become free to be like the Lord but to be different than him is foolish. Peter said it this way: For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil. 1 Peter 2:16. Anything we do that is not righteous or godly is, by its origin, an evil act. All disobedience to the ways of God places us in disagreement with our Creator. If we agree that righteousness produces the very best life, then it is some form of insanity to do anything else.
Paul was the only one to explain the reason for our freedom. It isso that we can be free to live a righteous life and a loving Father can adopt us. No one is too old for God’s adoption because his family will live forever. This is Paul’s public statement: God sent him (Jesus) to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.” Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, God has made you his heir. Galatians 4:5-7. Paul says “slaves to the law” but today we would probably say “slaves to sin”. These are two ways of saying the same thing because we all have failed to keep the law which makes us sinners.
We know this is true because of teachings in other places. Starting with this warning: So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law. Galatians 5:1. Then we receive this information: But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life. Romans 6:22 . Paul tells us that we are free from sin which means we are not a slave to any law on earth. This is due to the fact that the Spirit of God’s law now lives inside of the redeemed. Another freedom linked to these others is given in this verse: the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. Romans 8:21. The greatest freedom possible is to be adopted by God.
