Are we ever really free? Yes. Through Jesus’ death and resurrection we’re freed twice over. His death frees us from our life of slavery to sin, and his resurrection frees us to his life of “living to God,” Romans 6:10. We’re “dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus,” verse 11. We live [...]
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Slavery, to Paul, isn’t all negative. Slavery to sin is all negative, yes, but not slavery to righteousness. In Paul’s mind, slavery takes on a good meaning when applied to righteousness, but not when it applies to sin. How come? Because of what righteousness is – and what it does for us. So, what is [...]
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It’s that word “slavery,” or being “slaves to God,” Romans 6:22, that grates in the human mind. We value freedom in this life, not slavery. Slavery conjures up awful pictures of slaves in chains. Slavery restricts. It takes away our freedom. Whatever freedom we experience in this life, though, leads to slavery of one kind [...]
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We start off life totally free to sin. And in our growing years we can also do whatever we like without any restrictions or intervention from God. He doesn’t force us to obey him, or hit us with lightning if we disobey. He lets us do whatever our hearts desire. The only restrictions on our [...]
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Are we free? Well, wouldn’t most people say “Yes, of course I’m free”? – because what’s stopping us doing whatever we want? Christians or atheists we get up in the morning with the same power to be good or bad, helpful or irritating, considerate or nasty. Religion may put the fear of God in our [...]
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How dare anyone challenge our freedom, right?. Threaten our sacred right to do whatever we want whenever we want – and we will fight you. Dare to even hint that we don’t have free will or absolute control over our lives – and we will spit fire at you. We are invincible gods who can [...]
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