Freedom is a topic we hear a lot about these days. People are growing weary of all the guidelines and restrictions. One of the truly great blessings of being in America is the sense of freedom we enjoy and perhaps take to lightly. Freedom is also something that people take advantage of thinking that life is without accountability. If we make decisions that abuse freedom we will stand to forfeit our freedom. Even without the virus we must understand that freedom will always have its guidelines and responsibilities. Freedom doesn’t mean you can just do what you want to do without the consideration of others and the wellbeing of society as a whole. The proper use of freedom calls for discipline, maturity, and a selfless attitude.

Freedom means ‘liberty’ which carries the idea of ‘emancipation’ or being delivered. As Americans we know that our liberty, freedom and emancipation did not come without sacrifice and even death. A look back at our history, which we should study, will teach us that what we have today did not come without a price. We should also understand that what we have can be lost if we fail to grasp that freedom is not automatic with each generation. Today we stand on the shoulders of the generations before us who have fought, and sacrificed, for the cause of freedom. Listen we should be a thankful people and understand that freedom is not just a ‘right’ it is a ‘bought’ privilege.

On an even higher plane is the ‘freedom’ we have in Jesus Christ! The Bible tells us that we have “all sinned and come short of the glory of God” and there is “none righteous, no not one”. It also reminds us that the price for sin is death. I don’t know about you but I would rather have ‘life’ than ‘death’. I would want to be liberated from the condemnation, and the penalty, of sin. I am aware that I can do nothing to bring about my emancipation from the penalty, and condemnation, of sin which is a part of my very nature.

So I look at the Word of God and it tells me that before the foundation of the world God made a decision to LOVE me with His great LOVE. It was God’s LOVE that provided for me, in Jesus Christ, One to pay the price for my liberation from the penalty, and condemnation, of sin. My freedom called for sacrifice, and death, and when Jesus was nailed to the cross, and died, He purchased my freedom. When the power of God raised Jesus from the tomb God was saying your freedom is secured!

Paul said in Gal. 5:1, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free….”. Jesus said in John 8:36, “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”