"Who knew I had to become a slave to be free?'

What is freedom? It seems like most people would characterize freedom as being able to do whatever they wanted to do. Is this really freedom?

In John 8:34 Jesus says "everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin." Acknowledging that the bible says that everyone has sinned, everyone is a slave to sin. So unless God acts to free you from your slavery to sin, whenever you do what you want to do, you are actually just obeying your master; sin. This is a sobering thought, and if we were left here we would be hopeless. if we stopped here all of humanity would be held captive by sin and loving their master's chains. But God who should have punished us for our sin, made a way for us to be free. He sent His son to redeem his people through his blood. Jesus literally bought us from sin and set us free to live a life of worship to God.

So what is freedom? Not doing what you want to do, but doing what He wants you to do. It is beautiful slavery to the perfect will of God and His good commands. It is life as it was meant to be lived, in blissful worship of God.

"Who knew I had to become a slave to be free?" -PRO

For the glory of God

Seth