Exodus 20:2 (NET) - I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
Before God gave us what we call “The Ten Commandments,” He spoke.
In one sentence, God reminded His people of two things.
First, He is God.
Second, it was He who freed them from bondage.
Paul discusses freedom in his second letter to the believers in Corinth.
But first he had to remind them that the law “carved in letters on stone tablets” brough death.
Paul reminded the Corinthians that the New Covenant brings life.
When one turns to Christ the veil is lifted away and true freedom is granted.
And it is the Spirit of the Lord that makes true freedom possible.
2 Corinthians 3:17 (NET) - Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.
We also live in the New Covenant.
We are no longer bound to the law but to the living Christ.
And it is through that bond that we have been freed.
But what does freedom mean?
Does it mean freedom from trials and tribulations?
Does it mean freedom from illness and physical pain?
Does it mean freedom from labor and toil?
Does it mean a life of wealth and leisure?
The freedom the Lord gives is the freedom to serve.
It is the freedom to serve both God and our fellow man.
Such freedom must be used responsibly and is not to be taken lightly.
Thankfully, the Lord can guide us in our journeys.
He can help us make responsible choices in exercising our freedom.
Best of all, He can help us share what true freedom means to those who are still oppressed.
We typically think of chains as being made of metal.
But chains of oppression can be forged of many things.
The strongest chains are often forged from ideology, politics, culture, addiction, or fear.
And the love of Christ can break even these chains.
The love of Christ still sets captives free.
Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The Other Brother Jim
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I will be back here on Friday, September 9, 2022
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