Psalm 119:45
King James Version
45 And I will walk at liberty:
for I seek thy precepts.
Has the world given us true liberty?
Or are we always in bondage to something?
What is liberty?
We learn from Merriam-Webster that it is:
"a state of being free"
What does "freedom" mean?
What is true freedom?
What are its qualities?
Is it awarded?
Is it given?
Is it a gift?
What does the Bible say?
As born again, we turn to Scripture.
With SPIRIT making things clear:
Romans 6:22-23
King James Version
22 But now being made free from sin,
and become servants to God,
ye have your fruit unto holiness,
and the end everlasting life.
23 For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God
is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:12
King James Version
12 All things are lawful unto me,
but all things are not expedient:
all things are lawful for me,
but I will not be brought
under the power of any.
Galatians 5:13
King James Version
13 For, brethren,
ye have been called unto liberty;
only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh,
but by love serve one another.
James 1:25
King James Version
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty,
and continueth therein,
he being not a forgetful hearer,
but a doer of the work,
this man shall be blessed in his deed.
1 Peter 2:16
King James Version
16 As free,
and not using your liberty
for a cloke of maliciousness,
but as the servants of God.
The SOURCE of FREEDOM?
It's always been JESUS.
Psalm 34:19
King James Version
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous:
but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
Psalm 68:6
King James Version
6 God setteth the solitary in families:
he bringeth out those which are bound with chains:
but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Psalm 79:9-11
King James Version
9 Help us,
O God of our salvation,
for the glory of thy name:
and deliver us,
and purge away our sins,
for thy name's sake.
10 Wherefore should the heathen say,
Where is their God?
let him be known among the heathen in our sight
by the revenging of the blood of thy servants
which is shed.
11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee;
according to the greatness of thy power
preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
Psalm 97:10
King James Version
10 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil:
he preserveth the souls of his saints;
he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Isaiah 61:1-2
King James Version
61 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me;
because the Lord hath anointed me
to preach good tidings unto the meek;
he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison
to them that are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all that mourn;
Luke 4:16-21
King James Version
16 And he came to Nazareth,
where he had been brought up:
and, as his custom was,
he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day,
and stood up for to read.
17 And there was delivered unto him
the book of the prophet Esaias.
And when he had opened the book,
he found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anointed me
to preach the gospel to the poor;
he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
to preach deliverance to the captives,
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20 And he closed the book,
and he gave it again to the minister,
and sat down.
And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue
were fastened on him.
21 And he began to say unto them,
This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
John 8:31-32
King James Version
31 Then said Jesus
to those Jews which believed on him,
If ye continue in my word,
then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you free.
John 8:36
King James Version
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free,
ye shall be free indeed.
Acts 13:38-39
King James Version
38 Be it known unto you therefore,
men and brethren,
that through this man is preached unto you
the forgiveness of sins:
39 And by him all that believe
are justified from all things,
from which ye could not be justified
by the law of Moses.
Romans 8:1-4
King James Version
8 There is therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do,
in that it was weak through the flesh,
God sending his own Son
in the likeness of sinful flesh,
and for sin,
condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law
might be fulfilled in us,
who walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:17
King James Version
17 Now the Lord is that Spirit:
and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty.
Galatians 5:1
King James Version
5 Stand fast therefore in the liberty
wherewith Christ hath made us free,
and be not entangled again
with the yoke of bondage.
Knowing all these, we ask ourselves:
Do we have liberty?
Do we walk feeling "free"?
Does the world represent "freedom"?
Has the world promoted, and preserved, freedom?
Most of all, does the world honor the LORD JESUS?
We really have much to think about.
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