All throughout the Christian world, Christians scream: I’m free! Some focus on freedom from sin, while others emphasize freedom from the law. Both perspectives are accurate, but why are we free? In Christ we are free, but free to do what?
We want to be saved with our sins, not saved from our sins. Or, we want Christ to free us from our sin but we’re really not interested in serving him. This is wrong.
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
– Ephesians 2:8-10
Christ saved us because He has work for us to do.
We don’t work to get saved, but rather we work because we are saved. We’re not saved and free to do whatever we want to do, even though we’re blessed with His amazingly, pure grace.
We should have the mindset: I am free to be used by the Lord.
We truly are not free to ourselves, but rather we are free to be of service to God. We don’t belong to ourselves, we belong to God:
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.”
– I Corinthians 6:19-20
One thing I’m learning about Christ is that He never gives us anything to only fulfill our own desires, including our salvation. In other words, we’re not free for the sake of being free.
He freed us from being a slave to sin so that we can be a slave to Him. He saves us so we can serve Him. Jesus Himself was a servant! He said with his own mouth:
“Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
– Matthew 20:28
We are not free for the sake of being free. We are free to serve.
We must be wise with how we use our freedom. Let’s not take advantage of God’s amazing grace, but instead let’s use our freedom to please Him.
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
– Romans 12:1-2
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