Glorious liberty

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The creature made free through the creator

God has cleansed us through the blood of Jesus
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
ga. 5:1 “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”
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Liberty
Moralists are accustomed to distinguish between formal freedom, or man’s natural power of choice, and real freedom, or power to act habitually in accordance with the true and good. Scripture has little to say on the mere power of choice, while everywhere recognizing this power as the condition of moral life, and sees real liberty only in the possession and exercise of wisdom, godliness, and virtue. Where there is ignorance and error, especially when this arises from moral causes (Ro 1:21, Eph 4:18, 1 Jn 2:11 etc.)—subjection to sinful lusts (Ro 7:14–23, Eph 2:8, 1 P 1:14, 4:2, 3; cf. 2:16 etc.), fear and distrust of God (Ro 8:15, He 12:18–21 etc.), bondage to the letter of the law (Gal 4:24, 25)—there cannot be liberty. Sin, in its nature, is a state of servitude (Jn 8:34). Spiritual liberty is the introduction into the condition which is the opposite of this—into the knowledge and friendship of God, the consciousness of cleansing from guilt, deliverance from sin’s tyranny, the possession of a new life in the Spirit, etc. Even under the Law, saints could boast of a measure of liberty; God’s commandment was found by them to be exceeding broad (Ps 119:46, 96, cf. Ps 51:11, 12). But the gospel gives liberty in a degree, and … Read more »
think about how God borought you out
how you continue to allow the past to inefer with your progress
and these thing keep holding you back The question is why?
Why problems that arise put in in a state that it seems you cannot over come
Are yo really honronoring the liberty God has given you
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