Faithforteens

Freedom. All of us want freedom in some way or another.  We talk about it a lot, but do we understand it? What does freedom in Christ look like?

When we believe in Jesus, He frees us from sin and death. His blood redeems us, and pays the cost for our freedom. This truly is the best freedom anyone could want. Death and sin do not have a hold on us anymore. 

We should not take this lightly. Our freedom is eternal, but it is blood bought. The Son of God gave His life so we could be free. He paid the ultimate cost, the least we can do is not abuse our freedom.

What does abusing our freedom look like? It might be more familiar than you have realized. Using your salvation as an excuse to sin is abusing your freedom. Maybe we think that we do not need to worry about what we do because Jesus will forgive us.

That is not how salvation works.

If you are using freedom as an excuse, you may need to rethink your relationship with Christ. Our salvation should be rooted in love for Jesus and a desire to please Him. He loves us, and he gave up everything for us. That is not something to take lightly. It is a life changing truth. His death should not just be used for our selfish desires. 

Other people are under the illusion that Christianity is a bunch of rules. But it is not. It is a relationship built on love. The rules that people are thinking of are founded in love. For example, the Ten Commandments all relate to loving God and others. And as Christ followers, our goal should be to show Christ’s love to everyone we meet.  Living for God is also loving others. This is true freedom. 

Christ’s sacrifice leads to complete freedom from sin. We do not have to be ensnared by our past or by addiction. We are free. Nothing can take away Jesus’ love for us. We do not have to worry about living for the world, because we are redeemed. We are new creations. Our freedom is complete and perfect. We have true freedom.