Freedom

Today, my friend Isaac wrote me a message and told me about Galatians 5:1

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free"

 

 "What does it mean to live in freedom?"  (insert your answer here) Your answers are important, please if you read this, post it in a comment.
"What keeps US from the freedom Christ gives?" ( Insert your answer here)
(Mark 15: 21, Luke 23: 26)
Simon, a man from Cyrene, met the soldiers as they were forcing Jesus to Carry the cross upon which he would be crucified on. They forced Simon to take the cross and carry it.
Simon, a man, in sudden haste, forced to carry a cross of a man who claimed to be the Savior. If you were Simon, you probably knew about the accusations of Jesus, but what if you were forced to carry the "Saviors" cross?

How would Simon answer this question " What does it mean to live in freedom?"

What is the rest of Simons story?  What did he tell others?

Do you think Simon learned of the freedom in that walk, the sight, the sounds, or the cry from our Lord ON the cross... the cross that he too carried?

DID he learn of the freedom, the freedom we were given that day?

Today, Christians are falling into a deadly trap, of not embracing their freedom in Christ, but instead embracing their shame and guilt.  Young women live in guilt of who they once were and what they once did, because they are judged by a man. Same thing for men. A million examples can be given. Friends, our sin is not domineering to our God. Our sin is not bigger than our God.

Our Savior has set us free.

Our Savior has set you free.

EMBRACE IT.

"Who the Son sets free is free indeed"

 

Acts 11: 19-21, Romans 16: 13