In the Western world, we have been conditioned to crave freedom and break free of limitations. However, such thinking will only result in anarchy and confusion. In our efforts to be set free from all constraints, we find ourselves ironically enslaved to the one thing that we did not expect – our own desires. Ultimately, we are still enslaved. Given our sinfulness, being enslaved to our desires leads only to sin and death.
True freedom is being set free to be who we are designed to be in God. In other words, true freedom as the Bible envisions is freedom to obey and worship God. In Romans 6:1-23, Paul declares that we are no longer enslaved in the realm of sin and death. We are set free from our slavery to sin and raised to new life in Christ. His story has become our story. Through Christ’s work on the cross, we are alive and free in Christ. Therefore, in Christ, we are truly free – free to obey and worship the God we love.
