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Introduction
We prize nothing more highly than freedom.
The trouble is that they generally want the wrong kind of freedom.
Some speak of freedom in political terms: freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to vote.
Others work for freedom from oppressive social structures.
However, what most Americans mainly want is personal freedom.
Sociologist Robert Bellah has concluded that “freedom is perhaps the most resonant, deeply held value.…
Yet freedom turns out to mean being left alone by others, not having other people’s values, ideas, or styles of life forced upon one, being free of arbitrary authority in work, family, and political life.”
In other words, what we really want is the freedom to be left alone.
We prize nothing more highly than freedom.
The trouble is that they generally want the wrong kind of freedom.
In Canada we have a whole document called the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Some speak of freedom in political terms: freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to vote.
Others work for freedom from oppressive social structures.
However, what most Americans mainly want is personal freedom.
Sociologist Robert Bellah has concluded that “freedom is perhaps the most resonant, deeply held American value.…
Yet freedom turns out to mean being left alone by others, not having other people’s values, ideas, or styles of life forced upon one, being free of arbitrary authority in work, family, and political life.”
In other words, what we really want is the freedom to be left alone.
The reason we want to be left alone is that we are naturally selfish.
We want to do what we want to do, whenever, wherever, however, and with whomever we please.
If this is what freedom means to us, then believing in God becomes extremely inconvenient.
If there is a God, he undoubtedly has opinions about what we ought to do, where we ought to do it, and with whom.
The reason we want to be left alone is that we are naturally selfish.
We want to do what we want to do, whenever, wherever, however, and with whomever we please.
Think about, how do you react when someone interrupts something that you really are enjoying.
If this is what freedom means to us, then believing in God becomes extremely inconvenient.
If there is a God, he undoubtedly has opinions about what we ought to do, where we ought to do it, and with whom.
Americans prize nothing more highly than freedom.
The trouble is that they generally want the wrong kind of freedom.
Some speak of freedom in political terms: freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to vote.
Others work for freedom from oppressive social structures.
However, what most Americans mainly want is personal freedom.
Sociologist Robert Bellah has concluded that “freedom is perhaps the most resonant, deeply held American value.…
Yet freedom turns out to mean being left alone by others, not having other people’s values, ideas, or styles of life forced upon one, being free of arbitrary authority in work, family, and political life.”
In other words, what Americans really want is the freedom to be left alone.
The reason we want to be left alone is that we are naturally selfish.
We want to do what we want to do, whenever, wherever, however, and with whomever we please.
If this is what freedom means to us, then believing in God becomes extremely inconvenient.
If there is a God, he undoubtedly has opinions about what we ought to do, where we ought to do it, and with whom.
What many Americans want these days, therefore, is not freedom of religion, but freedom from religion.
Consider these words from Free Inquiry, a leading magazine for secular humanists: “Some ideas can enslave you; some can set you free.…
If you crave freedom from baseless dogma … if you want to think for yourself instead of submitting to tradition, authority, or blind faith.…
Put aside religion, despair, guilt, and sin … and find new meaning and joy in life.”
In other words, you have to be free from God before you can be free at all.
Freedom from religion is not freedom at all, of course; it is another form of bondage.
Freedom is not necessarily a virtue.
We always need to ask what is meant by “freedom.”
Whether freedom is worth having or not depends on what kind of freedom it is.
The best and truest freedom is the kind described by John Stott: “freedom from my silly little self, in order to live responsibly in love for God and others.”
What many of us want these days, is not freedom of religion, but freedom from religion.
Consider these words from Free Inquiry, a leading magazine for secular humanists: “Some ideas can enslave you; some can set you free.…
If you crave freedom from baseless dogma … if you want to think for yourself instead of submitting to tradition, authority, or blind faith.…
Put aside religion, despair, guilt, and sin … and find new meaning and joy in life.”
In other words, you have to be free from God before you can be free at all.
What many we want these days, is not freedom of religion, but freedom from religion.
Consider these words from Free Inquiry, a leading magazine for secular humanists: “Some ideas can enslave you; some can set you free.…
If you crave freedom from baseless dogma … if you want to think for yourself instead of submitting to tradition, authority, or blind faith.…
Put aside religion, despair, guilt, and sin … and find ” In other words, you have to be free from God before you can be free at all.
Freedom from religion is not freedom at all; it is another form of bondage.
Freedom is not necessarily a virtue.
We always need to ask what is meant by “freedom.”
Whether freedom is worth having or not depends on what kind of freedom it is.
The best and truest freedom is the kind described by John Stott: “freedom from my silly little self, in order to live responsibly in love for God and others.”
Freedom from religion is not freedom at all, of course; it is another form of bondage.
Freedom is not necessarily a virtue.
We always need to ask what is meant by “freedom.”
Whether freedom is worth having or not depends on what kind of freedom it is.
The best and truest freedom is the kind described by John Stott: “freedom from my silly little self, in order to live responsibly in love for God and others.”
That’s what Paul is going to be talking about in this passage.
BI: Living in the freedom of Christ keeps us from slipping into bondage.
Ryken, P. G. (2005).
Galatians.
(R. D. Phillips, P. G. Ryken, & D. M. Doriani, Eds.) (p.
193).
Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing.
Christ has set us free: Live free!
This is the heading of the following passage.
It’s like a very long title or the statement.
It’s the Big Idea of this passage.
Creating a tension in this passage.
“For freedom Christ has set us free” The indicative —> pointing
“Stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” - imperative, a command.
Because of who God is and what he has done in you are commanded to stand firm.
You are to make visible to the world around you what God has already declared and sealed when he justified you by faith in Jesus Christ.
When you have been justified, you have been thrown into a world of struggle, and in-between time bounded by great accomplishment of redemption in Christ’s finished work on the cross on.
Look at your life, look at what God has called you from and too.
BUT on the other hand, there’s a not-quiet-yet of consummation of God’s work in you that will only happen when Christ returns.
You are going to continue to struggle as a free person.
I remember hearing once about the struggle of someone who has been in prison for a good amount of time and the transition of coming out.
Transition: No longer are you a prisoner in bondage, you have been set free from it, but there’s still a bit of us that still thinks it would be better to go back.
Think about Exodus.
Objectively: we know what says:
But Subjectively, we are learning to live free from the power of sin.
We are free, but we do not always live free.
We are in a need of becoming what we already are.
That is sanctification, living as a free, justified person, resting in Christ alone.
The Christian life is marked by struggle.
If you are not actively murdering the sin that is in you, standing firm against it, the question becomes, are you set free?
Because if you’ve tasted the freedom of Christ, why in the world would you go back into slavery?
The outcome of Freedom.
Freedom causes rejoicing.
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