True Freedom

So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?” Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever. So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8:31-36

Throughout the ages men and women have fought for what they believed was freedom. Now that we have obtained a higher level of national security, the theme has shifted to how we can remain free. But are we really experiencing true freedom?

Everywhere we turn there are evidences of freedom granted and freedom abused. Political leaders, exhausted from their flight to freedom without moral restraint in the seventies, now claim we must return to the moral values of our forefathers. As a society, we have rejected judgements that even hint at morality. In a recent interview, one congressman stated that our nation no longer has any clear cut “moral guidelines.”

Jesus tells us there is only one way to experience true freedom - by abiding in His truth. Freedom without moral restraint is not freedom; it is chaos. When we reject God’s moral values, we trade freedom for bondage. We run the risk of becoming so comfortable in our sin we refuse to take the way out when it is given.

Are you experiencing Christ’s freedom, or are you living in bondage to the world’s sin? When we come to Jesus, placing all our needs and expectations on Him, He grants a freedom the unsaved only dream of knowing.

“It was for freedom that Christ set us free...” Galatians 5:1