The Freedom in Christ Jesus!

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” –  2 Corinthians 3:17, Galatians 5:1 NIV

All of us have been called to be free that we should be slavery to righteousness (Romans 6:16-18) by taking Jesus Christ’s yoke (Matthew 11:28-30), instead of taking yoke of slavery that leads us to sin. This is because at the moment when Jesus was crucified—

the spiritual evil authority was destroyed as well (Colossians 2:13-15; Hebrews 2:14-15). However, when Jesus was resurrected from the dead—God has begun to pour His Spirit into us to advocate us to do His will until the end of the age. “For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.” (2 Corinthians 5:21) God did this out of His mercy, in order to let us enter the kingdom of heaven where our God, our heavenly Father (Ephesians 4:6) is, instead of doom of hell (Matthew 7:21-23). “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23) This is because of the kindness and love of God. These are the reason why the word of God states:

At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone. (Titus 3:3-8)

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. (John 3:16-18)

Thus, for these reasons, we ought to believe in Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:8) and abide in the Spirit of God (John 14:15-17,26-27; Ezekiel 36:26-27), instead of the world since the word of God proclaims, “Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.” (Galatians 5:24-25) Hence, the word of God declares:

Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever. And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him. (1 John 2:15-17, Hebrews 11:6)

For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. (Titus 2:11-14, 1 Timothy 4:8)