During the time where Jesus was out building his ministry, he talked to a group of Jewish people. Jesus mentioned that "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." The Jewish people argued this, They are not slaves, they are free, they are children of Abraham. They tried to justify their freedom, and their lack of love for Jesus.
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| From sainttimothy.org |
We try to justify our sin, our lack of love for Jesus and the lack of love and compassion for other humans. Somehow in the current christian world, we have fooled ourselves into believing that our sin isn't as bad as their sin. My sin is small and doesn't count as much as your big glaring sin. This sin is much worse than this other sin.
This is a huge stumbling block keeping people away from Jesus and hating Christians. It causes the bigotry and hate that we are so often said to have. And it causes more and more people to push away anything that could be spiritual. They push away the love of Christ because of the hate of his people and if that hate is what freedom is, why would they ever want that?
Freedom does not come from a land, a flag, or government. It doesn't come from the men and women who fight and die daily so we can grumble and complain about what they are doing over there. Freedom doesn't come from anything that you or I can do. Freedom, the kind of freedom that means everything, comes from Jesus, by his blood shed for us, so we are no longer condemned by our sin.
Before I go on, I would like to thank every man and woman who has ever, is currently, and will fight and protect me and my family so that we can have any earthly freedoms, as well as the great and wonderful freedom given to us by Christ. You folks are the heroes that tales should be written about.
It is a very hard subject to talk about, but the truth of it all is, as Paul wrote, "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life." It is the gift that gives us freedom. We were bound by sin and sentence to die. But God came and purchased our sin through Jesus to bring us back into righteousness with God.
That is something hard to wrap your head around. But it is actually simple and all of it really boils down to one simple thing. Love. Love freed us from sin, love freed us from death, Love shed his blood to save us. The hard truth is this: Sin is sin no matter the form. Lust, hate, envy, greed, murder, they are all the same. They keep us from a holy God and condemn us to die. Love gives freedom.
Doesn't a freedom bought with love mean so much more than a freedom bought with guns? What ever happened to the two things Jesus told us that are, above all, the most important commandments? Do you know them? Love God. Love your neighbor as yourself. Can you imagine a free world, where everyone loves each other and embraces the differences in them? God is the freedom we all have desired. God is the love we should all be trying to love like. Love is the freedom that will save us all. That is the kind of freedom the should be rung. It should be a chorus sung from every corner of every nation.
I am proud to say, "I have embraced freedom." I am proud to say that "I am a Christian." Let's bring Christianity back to being a loving religion. Let's show the world what true freedom looks like. Let's honor the true King of kings with every tongue, with every knee bent. Let's sing and drown out the heavens' song. Don't let the rocks and tress out praise you! Sing with them and declare your freedom, your love, and our God!
Freedom does not come from a land, a flag, or government. It doesn't come from the men and women who fight and die daily so we can grumble and complain about what they are doing over there. Freedom doesn't come from anything that you or I can do. Freedom, the kind of freedom that means everything, comes from Jesus, by his blood shed for us, so we are no longer condemned by our sin.
Before I go on, I would like to thank every man and woman who has ever, is currently, and will fight and protect me and my family so that we can have any earthly freedoms, as well as the great and wonderful freedom given to us by Christ. You folks are the heroes that tales should be written about.
It is a very hard subject to talk about, but the truth of it all is, as Paul wrote, "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life." It is the gift that gives us freedom. We were bound by sin and sentence to die. But God came and purchased our sin through Jesus to bring us back into righteousness with God.
That is something hard to wrap your head around. But it is actually simple and all of it really boils down to one simple thing. Love. Love freed us from sin, love freed us from death, Love shed his blood to save us. The hard truth is this: Sin is sin no matter the form. Lust, hate, envy, greed, murder, they are all the same. They keep us from a holy God and condemn us to die. Love gives freedom.
Doesn't a freedom bought with love mean so much more than a freedom bought with guns? What ever happened to the two things Jesus told us that are, above all, the most important commandments? Do you know them? Love God. Love your neighbor as yourself. Can you imagine a free world, where everyone loves each other and embraces the differences in them? God is the freedom we all have desired. God is the love we should all be trying to love like. Love is the freedom that will save us all. That is the kind of freedom the should be rung. It should be a chorus sung from every corner of every nation.
I am proud to say, "I have embraced freedom." I am proud to say that "I am a Christian." Let's bring Christianity back to being a loving religion. Let's show the world what true freedom looks like. Let's honor the true King of kings with every tongue, with every knee bent. Let's sing and drown out the heavens' song. Don't let the rocks and tress out praise you! Sing with them and declare your freedom, your love, and our God!
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