Organic Medicine Posted May 7, 2014 Group: Junior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 69 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 9 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/03/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted May 7, 2014 When I Google the meaning of freedom I get the following. Freedomthe power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. For almost all my life I've thought that freedom was being able to say and do what I wanted when I wanted and how I wanted without restriction or consequence. But the more I read the word of God, the more I question what is real freedom. Paul would say he was the slave to Christ yet he would also say ( imho ) that he was free in Christ. Christ come that we might be set free from the bonds of sin. To set the prisoner free. What is freedom? I live in America.... "The land of the free". Where increasingly it seems that to more and more being free means they can do whatever they like and everyone must not condemn. The more the country moves in this direction the further I get driven from it. What is freedom? I hope my rambles make sense to someone. I hope the Lord places it on someone's heart to respond that has a much deeper understanding of his word than I do. There are so many on this site with such a understanding of his word and a passion to love the Lord, with all there heart, mind and strength... While not wanting any to be lead into lies and deception. So I come to you after much prayer and seeking of his truth to ask,What is real freedom to A child of God? What does freedom mean? May the lord bless you allFirestormxJosephYears ago I was given a vision,I am sure it was from God . I saw how All of creation works as a Whole finely tuned Unity . Everything in it's place,massive and wondrous ,but working together in harmious cycles of time ,where everything came to fruition,and would begin again .Humanity was completely and pefectly in tune with this wondrous creation;was never destructive,instncively knowing what to do when as a rose knows knows how to become a rose we knew how to be pefectly in tune with God's world .As each new project came to fruition,we would automatically refer to Him to be guided to our next stage of being ,our next creative movement,then something came into this Total Harmony:an individualistic narcissistic being who wanted Freedom from any restriction at all.The only restriction being to refer to God as ultimate decider of creation as it expanded,and to work in love and harmony with God's creation. A rupture occured,and we know who created it.As we know all the planets work together in harmony and in cycles . If one of them moves more than a tiny amount it sends all of astrononical movement into total chaos .Just in the same way that planets ,and universes are finely tuned,so are we humans in creation,and our Relationship to one another is not as individuals so much as communities.verthing you do or don't is recorded and in time has conséquences,with come to pass sooner or later.so we never get away with anything really. Our good deeds and our bad will be paid for n some way or other ;maybe hundreds of years later,until God brings it too a close in order to begin His New Creation .If we repent through Jesus we will not pay for those sins ,but be trusted to cooperate with God,as He begins the next phase of His ongoing work . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Butero Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Freedom in Christ to me is that we are no longer in bondage to sin. It means that before we got saved, we were servants or slaves to sin. Sins bondage can be anything from being a drunk who can't stop drinking. It could be the drug addict who can't get clean. It can be the porn or sex addict who can't get free from the lust that drives them. Freedom is when Jesus sets you free where you are no longer a slave to sin. I do not believe freedom in Christ is freedom to do things, as a sinner lives without restraints on their life in that sense. They do whatever the flesh wants. They can be bound by their sin, but since they aren't Christians, there is no reason to abstain. Want to get drunk and party all night, you do it. Want to fornicate, you do it. We don't need freedom to do things. We need freedom to be able to live without being in bondage to the flesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mevosper Posted May 28, 2014 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 19 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 317 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 133 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/24/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted May 28, 2014 Galatians 5:1 KJV - Stand fast therefore in the liberty, where with Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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