All in Freedom

Does the love of Christ control us?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Freedom, Love of Christ

Have we reached a conclusion as to what brought us to love Jesus Christ, and to believe Him to be our Savior? Was it the love he has for us that fueled the fire of our faith in Him? Was it how He spoke wisdom as He delivered the beatitudes? Was it one of the miracles He performed? Well, there have been many great teachers through the years, many men who have thrilled people with amazing acts, and doctors who have healed the sick, but there is only one man, Jesus Christ, that loved us enough to take on our sins, and who then gave His own life for us… to redeem all of fallen mankind from sin and death. It is this immense love that should control us, and bring us to our knees in belief. In this we love Him with all our hearts, and realize that we owe Him our lives; it is His love for us that has sparked our faith, and stoked its fire in us. Is this the conclusion we have reached regarding our faith in Jesus?

Jesus: Fulfilling the Law, and Winning our Freedom

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Fulfillment, Law, Freedom

In Christ we experience the ultimate freedom. Knowing Jesus doesn’t put us in bondage, no, quite the contrary, it sets us free as we live out our faith, and as it boils down all of the law that once governed us in the Old Testament days into principals that are not heavy chains of rule, and discipline, but fluttering flags of freedom! Our faith is not oppressive, but joyous, and its yoke is easy.

Freedom; or are We Rabbits, cowering in the trap of sin?

Richard Forbes
Fear, Forgiveness, Freedom, Daily Devotion, Christian, Redemption

Are you really the free person who Christ redeemed? Did Jesus pay your ransom only to find that you could not separate yourself from the sin from which he had saved you? Or, perhaps you are like the Galatians who found themselves tempted to leave the freedom Jesus had secured for them in order to chain themselves to the Law of an old faithfulness. My word for you this morning is to claim and accept the freedom whose cost was so dearly paid for you.