Freedom

"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Jesus Christ the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death."  Romans 8:1-2

Sometimes those of us who have been blessed to enjoy freedom take it for granted. We forget that freedom isn't free. It comes with a very high price extracted from those who are at the battle fronts in the world, fighting to preserve freedom for the majority of us. How grateful we should be for their sacrifices!!! And we should do whatever we can wherever we are to preserve the liberty that we enjoy.

When Jesus died on the cross, He freed us from the penalty and the power of sin. We should pay the price for all our sinful thoughts and deeds, but Jesus sacrificed His life to give us freedom from what we owe. He paid our penalty. Also, Jesus freed us from the power of sin over us. Whenever a temptation arises, we have a choice. We can choose to ignore it. God has given us the Holy Spirit within us so that we have the power to resist temptation and choose to obey God instead. The One who is in us, the Holy Spirit, is greater than the one who is in the world, Satan, the tempter. We should be eternally grateful to Christ for purchasing liberty for us with His own precious blood. And we should do everything we can wherever we are to tell others that this freedom is available to them as well.

Father, thank You for those who have made sacrifices to purchase freedom for us.  May we be grateful most of all for the sacrifice of our Savior Jesus Christ, who died so that we can have spiritual freedom.  Amen.