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Tag: Liberty in Christ

Independence Series :: Freedom to serve

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On July 6, 2011

In Christian, Independence Series

Interestingly, though many a times,freedom wars are fought so that one nation need not be in servitude of another, in Christianity, freedom (liberty) that is given, when one believes in Jesus Christ, is not so that one need not serve anymore, but in fact it is given freely so that one does serve. Liberty in Jesus Christ is given so that we will be obedient and willing servants of the Most High God. When we believe in Jesus Christ, we are made free from being slaves to sin to being servants of righteousness.

Points to ponder:
“Are you/I free?” In other words, that same question can be asked, “Are you/I a servant of God?”

1 Peter 2:15-16 (KJV)
15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

1 Corinthians 7:22 (KJV)
22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.

Cyclist Christianity

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On September 7, 2010

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Once while on a journey to preach in a village in the district of Malkangiri, in the state of Orissa, in India, I was looking out of the window of the jeep we were in and noticed a cyclist with a heavy load in the back of his bicycle. He was struggling as he pushing his cycle uphill. Soon afterward, I noticed another cyclist riding alone on his bicycle. It was not too long afterward, when I saw a another cyclist cycling, but this man had his wife sitting in the back of the bicycle as they merrily rode.

It was then I realized that the gospel of Jesus Christ had been presented to me, in a quaint and profound way. Before we meet and accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are like the first cyclist struggling with the load of sin, making our every effort to reach our destination, an arduous, grueling and impossible undertaking. After we meet Jesus and we accept Him as our Lord and Savior, our sins are washed away and the burden and guilt of sin is removed once and for all, making us like the second cyclist who was riding his bike without any load behind him. But then as Christians, we are saved by grace, but called to do good works; such as bringing others to Christ Jesus. After we have come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, it does not do us well to remain a solitary Christian. We must be like the third cyclist, bearing one another and carrying others with us to Christ.

Psalm 38:4 (KJV) – Verse of the first Cyclist
4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Galatians 5:1 (KJV) – Verse of the second Cyclist
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Galatians 6:2 (KJV) – Verse of the third Cyclist
2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

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