“The Freedom of God’s Grace”

 “The Freedom of God’s Grace”

For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters.  But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature.  Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.  Galatians 5:13

In verse one, the Apostle Paul tells the Galatian Believers that:  “It is for FREEDOM that CHRIST has set them FREE.” And that they SHOULD STAND FIRM, and to NOT let themselves be BURDENED AGAIN by a yoke of slavery to their OLD SINFUL NATURE.  And in our Scripture, we find that he is reminding them of the fact that they are CALLED to LIVE in FREEDOM, and NOT to use it to SATISFY their SINFUL NATURE.  

This is VERY APPLICABLE for the TRUE BELIEVERS of today.  It is a VERY IMPORTANT REMINDER, that we, as TRUE BELIEVERS of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, STAND FIRM, and NOT let SIN gain a foothold.  If we use our FREEDOM in CHRIST JESUS, as a LICENSE to fall back into the SINS of our past, then we become SLAVES to that OLD LIFE-STYLE, and are in BONDAGE to it.  To overcome this dilemma, we SHOULD channel our FREEDOM in SERVING ONE ANOTHER in LOVE.  

In Leviticus 19:18, we are told to:  “Love your neighbor as yourself.”  Instead of being in BONDAGE to the OLD SINFUL LIFE-STYLE, we SHOULD be in BONDAGE to one another, in other words, we NEED to SERVE one ANOTHER in LOVE.  After all, this is what JESUS would do, and we are to FOLLOW HIM and LIVE our LIVES in the FREEDOM, we POSSESS, and we are to LIVE in CHRIST.  Do you possess the FREEDOM of GOD’S GRACE, through the SALVATION that His Son provides?

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, then you DO NOT POSSESS the FREEDOM of GOD’S GRACE, but you are STILL living in BONDAGE to your SINFUL LIFE-STYLE, and you are headed for an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  But God has made a WAY for you to ESCAPE HELL and to GAIN HEAVEN as your ETERNAL HOME.  You MUST COME to JESUS CHRIST, and ADMIT that you are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS. You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and POSSESS the FREEDOM of GOD’S GRACE, and LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR as YOURSELF.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!