Faithful Freedom
“Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith, from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,” I Timothy 1:5-6 NKJV
Whenever a physical man prides himself in his absolute freedom as a free moral agent, he is showing his ignorance about the superiority of the supernatural in all affairs of life over the natural. Whereas, true freedom is found in the grace of God that breaks the soul away from the bondage of sin and the entanglement of the heart of man against the purpose of God. The essence of the statutes of GOD or the purpose of His commandments is the experience of genuine love from a pure heart. Believers will have to soak themselves in the words of God and pray daily to retain this freedom from the contagious pollution through the system of side talks, evil comments, and unrighteous tendencies. The laws of man, institutional culture, and societal pressure from worldly attractions have a strong way of committing the unregenerate hearts to their messes. “How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word” (Psalms 119:9). It implies that it is only in Christ alone that anyone can truly be free to serve humanity and God, without being compelled to practice unrighteousness in the guise of liberty and licentiousness.
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