So, if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.” vs. 36
Romans 8:34-36
Jesus had a sense that people weren’t nearly so free as they thought they were. Not all prisons have bars, and we can be captive in a whole variety of ways. He said it plainly, “Anyone who commits sin is a slave to sin,” and that includes pretty much all of us. Like Paul said some years later, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” We are shackled by a multitude of external forces, more than we can even imagine. And there is nothing that we can do about it, no matter how many self-help videos we might watch. But that does not mean there is no hope! Jesus tells us that we can be free, not if we do something, but we have been made free. Every one of us has been imprinted with the divine image, and we cannot escape that reality. And by grace that divine image shows through the brokenness, and we speak and behave as the freed children of God. In those moments we see in each other the glory of God and can bask in the sweet liberty of forgiveness. Will we always behave like saints? Of course not! Because we remain sinners, our holiness is often obscured. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t there. We are always free, even as we live within the bars of our self-built cells, and for that we give God praise and thanksgiving!
Thought for the Day: When do I feel most free?
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