FREE FREEDOM

By Rick Mathes

Galatians 5:1 (NASB) ¹ It was for freedom that Christ set us free;

Therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

It’s for freedom that Christ has set us free, nothing else. Because with freedom all of His blessings will flow, that is freedom in Him. Essentially, we become cuffed to Him and walk in His ways of the freedom that His grace draws us to. We are unshackled from hell and welcomed into a world of free flowing choices that please Him and bless us and ours.

Oh how our flesh wars against this with fighting, resisting, and restricting the Holy Spirit!

It shames me to be defeated in any battle with the devil especially the small ones. I am so ashamed that my guard was down and my knees were weak from lack of doing spiritual push-ups and staying in battle-ready conditioning.

There is a primary and secondary cause for everything. This explains creation and illuminates to a large extent the Creator or Intelligent First Cause. The old adage, “I think, therefore I am” illustrates the I AM that must have always been.

Everything that has every happened to you has affected your reasoning and the choices that you make. Garbage in and garbage out: you hard-drive needs to be updated with the gospel according to Jesus for you to make the decisions that His irresistible grace draws you to.

Now think of this: A dog will bite the threatening stick, not the hand that is waving it.

It isn’t going to hell that should deter a sinner; that’s the stick. Sin is the hand that holds it.

It isn’t going to prison that should deter crime, that’s the stick. Crime is the hand that holds it.

We are no longer slaves to sin when we conquer the master that holds the stick and reach out to the Master that holds the rod and the staff. Make a choice today to see sin for what it is: it murdered our Lord and Satan held it until death stung Jesus and died. He is risen!