Read: Hebrews 4:12
The Word
That Liberates
"Everyone...is
a slave to sin..." (John 8:34)
"Then you will know the
Truth and the Truth will set you free." (John 8:32)
We are all
slaves to sin until we become Christians. As slaves we have no part in the
kingdom of God. But when the Son sets us free from our sins, we are no longer
slaves. As we begin to know the Truth through worship, prayer and Bible study,
we are set free from our chains.
When we accept
Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are born again (John 3:3‑21) and our
spirit is given life, yet our spirit may still be restricted by our soul or
intellectual mind. Our mind has been filled with lies and worldly philosophies
which serve to chain and perhaps even strangle our newborn spirit, as thorns
would a good plant. How then can we liberate our spirit from the control of our
soul so that we might cast down all philosophies and thoughts that are contrary
to the knowledge of God (2 Corinthians 10:5)? We read in Hebrews 4:12 that the
Word (the Bible) is sharper than any two‑edged sword, it can even divide soul
and spirit. As we apply the Word of God to our life, it will separate our
spirit from the restrictive control of the mind—the truth will set us free.
Once the
Spirit has been liberated (released) from the control of the mind it is free to
flow out into every area of our life. Because our spirit is no longer confined,
we, by the Holy Spirit, can open up to the release that comes through the
manifestations of our spiritual gifts and prayer language. As our spirit is in
control of our thoughts and actions, we are released to bring life to our body
and mind in a whole new way, by the blood of Christ. The Word of God is mighty
indeed. As we study to know more of the truth, as revealed in God's Word, we
will be set free, as we allow Him to liberate our spirit from all the fallen
ideas and habits that entangle it (Heb. 12:1-2).
Action Points:
- What aspect of your mind has the most binding effect upon your spirit and your faith (e.g., fear, intellectualism, greed, pride/arrogance)?
- Ask God to set you free. If necessary, agree together in prayer with another Christian for your deliverance.
- Remember,
being set free does not necessarily mean the removal of temptation, but
the removal of the compulsion to sin. Now we can say “No!” in order to say
“Yes!” to something better (Romans 6:12-13).
Thank you for speaking the truth so clearly.
ReplyDeleteI especially like the Action Point. So often we are in bondage,and we don't realize it.
Thanks for the comment and you're welcome! It is important for us to constantly allow the Holy Spirit to do his work in our lives...since we are usually have blind spots and areas of self-deception in addition to the stuff we know about. Thankfully the Lord will complete the work as long as we don't bail on the process.
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