Freedom

"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death." Romans 8:1-2

This last week God has revolutionized my whole thinking, my whole view of him and it excites me so much that even though I am really tired, I need to write it all down, may it profit you.

It is hard to put into order and it might all seem really confused when you read it but it all makes sense to me now, after having a long conversation with my friend Scott.

God has given man freedom to choose and he has given us Christians a freedom to choose and there is no sin for the Christian when it is done in faith because the law of sin and death does no longer apply to us. Anything done in faith cannot be sin, but...

"For whatever does not proceed form faith is sin." Romans 14:23

So the Christian only sins when he does not act in faith, when he does not desire the God's kingdom and his righteousness first, but rather lives not in faith.

The choice God has given us is like in Steinbeck's "East of Eden" timshel-thou mayest; he gives us freedom to choose and if we choose in faith, he is already guiding our path. He has given us the spirit of adoption and not of fear.

Today, I realized that I had lived in fear of my Heavenly Father, I was constantly afraid to offend him and make a wrong choice when he was actually saying

"All things are permissible (lawful) for me but not all are beneficial (helpful)." 1 Corinthians 6:12

I understood what he meant when he said

"So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." John 8:36

Luther was right when he talked about the "Freedom of a Christian," we are free to all and yet bound to all. The second part I have been expounding for quite some time in my mind, what it means to be a servant of all but now God is teaching me what it means to be free.

My heart shouts, jumps for you, spins around and jubilee because the perfect love has cast out all fear.

What a beautiful thing it is to realize that

"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death." Romans 8:1-2