Ultimate Freedom

Where can we find the greatest liberty as Christians?How can we be set free from the bonds and chains of legalism and man-made doctrines?

Only in one place, at the cross of Jesus Christ. The words and calling of Jesus are the only things that can set us free from the bonds of "law".

How?

Only by the cross, the death and resurrection of Jesus, can we escape the guilt and condemnation of the law, not by removing the law but by removing the sin that is in us.

As Christians, we might find ourselves "detoxing" from religious legalism, from rules and regulations, doctrines and formulas. We might be tempted to run away from God and everything to do with Jesus, but the solution is entirely the opposite.

We will never find peace and victory in being liberal, being worldly or being immoral, even. It is simply another side of the same coin. Legalism and licensiousness are two, fleshly and imperfect ways of dealing with sin, one by fighting it and one by making peace with it. Neither can overcome it.

Our freedom, our liberty, can only be found in Jesus, in His law of liberty, love and mercy.

"Come to me," He says to those who are weary and heavy-leaden, "And you will find rest."

"Follow me," He says to us, "And I will make your fishers of men."

"Take up your cross," He said, "Deny yourself, and follow me."

"Go into the World," Jesus says, "And make disciples of all nations."