LIGHT FOR LIBERATED LIVING

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall MAKE YOU FREE” – John 8:32

The Maximized Life manifests through LIGHT for LIBERATED LIVING: “Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall MAKE YOU FREE” (Jh.8: 31-32). It is the Truth that is known that makes free. The concept of Freedom didn’t originate from any political ideology or system, but from the Bible. The Light of Liberty shines throughout the Scriptures, culminating with the Person and Work of Christ Who declared, “Therefore, if the Son MAKES YOU FREE, you shall be FREE INDEED” (v.36). Believers in Christ have been liberated through His death and resurrection, to live in the glorious liberty of the children of God (Rom.8: 19-21). Here are Ten Dimensions of Light for Liberated Living:

Liberty from bondage to sin: “For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace” (Rom. 6:14).

Liberty from guilt: “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 8:1a).

Liberty from shame: “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame” (Rom. 10:11b).

Liberty from God’s wrath: “For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 The. 5:9).

Liberty from the curse of the law: “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us” (Gal. 3:13a).

Liberty from legalism: “Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage” (Gal. 5:1).

Liberty from the flesh to live and walk in the Spirit: “For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh...If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit” (Gal. 5:13,25); “Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is LIBERTY” (2Cor.3:17).

Liberty from Satan’s dominion: “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love” (Col. 1:13).

Liberty from fear of death: “But has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” (2 Tim. 1:10).

Liberty to approach God as His heir: “Therefore, you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ” (Gal. 4:7); “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God” (Phil. 4:6); “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need...brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus” (Heb. 4:16; 10:19).