1 Corinthians 6:12
King James Version
12 All things are lawful unto me,
but all things are not expedient:
all things are lawful for me,
but I will not be brought
under the power of any.
Do you feel "caged"?
What is freedom to you?
How can you know you're truly free?
How can you know you don't have "shackles"?
From a born again standpoint, here's what the Bible says.
Find hope, joy, and comfort from these verses the HOLY SPIRIT led me to yesterday -- for all of us.
Freedom is through CHRIST:
John 8:31-32
King James Version
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews
which believed on him,
If ye continue in my word,
then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you free.
John 8:36
King James Version
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free,
ye shall be free indeed.
CHRIST has made us free.
Galatians 5:1
King James Version
5 Stand fast therefore in the liberty
wherewith Christ hath made us free,
and be not entangled again
with the yoke of bondage.
In SPIRIT is liberty.
2 Corinthians 3:17
King James Version
17 Now the Lord is that Spirit:
and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty.
Romans 8:1-2
King James Version
8 There is therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
The FAITHFULNESS of GOD:
Psalm 34:19
King James Version
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous:
but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
Psalm 68:6
King James Version
6 God setteth the solitary in families:
he bringeth out those which are bound with chains:
but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Psalm 97:10
King James Version
10 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil:
he preserveth the souls of his saints;
he delivereth them
out of the hand of the wicked.
What JESUS came to do:
Isaiah 61:1
King James Version
61 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me;
because the Lord hath anointed me
to preach good tidings unto the meek;
he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison
to them that are bound;
John 3:16-17
King James Version
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.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world
to condemn the world;
but that the world through him
might be saved.
What TRUE freedom means:
Acts 13:38-39
King James Version
38 Be it known unto you therefore,
men and brethren, that through this man
is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
39 And by him all that believe
are justified from all things,
from which ye could not be justified
by the law of Moses.
Romans 6:14
King James Version
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you:
for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
How to use this GOD-given GRACE wisely:
Psalm 119:45
King James Version
45 And I will walk at liberty:
for I seek thy precepts.
Romans 6:22-23
King James Version
22 But now being made free from sin,
and become servants to God,
ye have your fruit unto holiness,
and the end everlasting life.
23 For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Galatians 5:13-14
King James Version
13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty;
only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh,
but by love serve one another.
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word,
even in this;
Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself.
James 1:25
King James Version
25 But whoso looketh
into the perfect law of liberty,
and continueth therein,
he being not a forgetful hearer,
but a doer of the work,
this man shall be blessed in his deed.
1 Peter 2:15-17
King James Version
15 For so is the will of God,
that with well doing ye may put to silence
the ignorance of foolish men:
16 As free,
and not using your liberty
for a cloke of maliciousness,
but as the servants of God.
17 Honour all men.
Love the brotherhood.
Honour the king.
One PROPER prayer for freedom --
Psalm 79:9
King James Version
9 Help us,
O God of our salvation,
for the glory of thy name:
and deliver us,
and purge away our sins,
for thy name's sake.
as well as the prayer JESUS taught us:
Matthew 6:9-13
King James Version
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done in earth,
as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power,
and the glory,
for ever.
Amen.
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