“And thanks be to God, for in the past you were servants of sin, but now your obedience is heart deep, and your life if being molded by truth through the teaching you are devoted to. And now you celebrate your freedom from your former master-sin. You’ve left its bondage, and now God’s perfect righteousness holds power over you as his loving servants. But now, as God’s loving servants, you live in joyous freedom from the power of sin. So consider the benefits you now enjoy-you are brought deeper into the experience of true holiness that ends with eternal life! For sin’s meager wages is death, but God’s lavish gift is life eternal,
found in your union with our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One.” Romans 6 :17-18,22-23 TPT
The meaning of freedom is being without cost or without restraint, ease of movement or a right or privilege. Today, we are blessed to live in a country celebrating 250 years of freedom, filled with picnics and lavish fireworks. But what about the freedom of our souls? Do we give the honor and respect due to the One, Jesus, who gave his all, so that we could have ultimate peace and freedom?
In this passage, the Apostle Paul is explaining that now, as God’s loving servants, we can live in joyous freedom from the power of sin, due to the ultimate sacrifice of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Our freedom from sin, which would lead to death, was accomplished through a gift, the life of Jesus. Upon our acceptance of Jesus, as the Lord and Savior of our lives, our freedom would be granted, as well as our eternal life with Him. This freedom, our salvation, is a gift, not something we could ever earn, and it continues to be ours, all in the asking!
Heavenly Father, help us to remember, freedom in and of itself is a gift from you, due to your love for each of us, in the sacrifice of your Son, for which we are ever so thankful.
In Christ Love
Margaret