Legalism Free

Our second message in the Wednesday evening message series, Exposed: Shocking Truths About Liberated Living, pertained to the idea that we can live legalism free! Legalism is perhaps an overused term, but it’s also an over-lived one. It’s defined in different ways by different people and debated in all kinds of religious circles. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »

Stand Still… Now That You’re Free!

“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”—Galatians 5:1

Jesus said, “the truth shall set you free” and that once set free, we would be “free indeed.” But freedom does not necessarily mean the absolute liberty to do anything we please, but rather to do anything we please within the proper boundaries.

America has become a place in which we are overly sensitive to certain “freedoms.” We’ll protect just about any right no matter what effect it may have on society, so long as it does not directly violate an existing law (and even then we often simply change the law). We fight for “civil liberties” at the expense of the decency and moral excellence of this once great nation. Freedom is a God-given privilege, but even our own law gives evidence that our freedom must know its proper boundaries.

This is true in our lives as well. Christians today will argue tooth and nail for their freedom to do just about anything because we are “under grace.” Strangely, I never remember Paul arguing for the right to do something questionable, rather He was always willing to give up his own rights for the sake of Christ’s testimony. He was a slave, bound to Jesus. Like Paul, we are free not to sin anymore, not to try to live up to the law to please God, and we are free from the condemnation that once rested on us for sin. But also like Paul, we are bound to Christ and therefore our freedom must know its limitations, set by the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the absolute authority of Scripture in our lives.

So run free for God! But don’t use your freedom as an excuse to run away from God. Run, that you may obtain the prize He has waiting!