I love this topic so much… This has been something that God has been ministering to me so deeply about.

The word of God speaks about how if we are in sin we are a slave to sin. Now if we are truly in Christ, we are free indeed…

”They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?” Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. Now the slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever”

John‬ ‭8‬:‭33‬-‭35‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬.

I love this version of John 8:36

“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed”.

If we truly believe in Jesus Christ we will truly be free. Meaning we will be free from sin. But we have to truly be in the son. A true Christ follower does not live in sin, that person has died to their old sinful ways/life. That’s why I think this truth that Jesus came to set us free… to save us… is so powerful !!! We undermine this truth, victory and freedom. If we are truly in Christ why are we still in constant depression, anger, resentment, suicidal ideation, loneliness, doubt, lust, idolatry, etc. If we are truly living in Christ why are we still living in bondage. If Jesus already defeated death why are we still living in death. The wages of sin is death… meaning we will be spiritually dead. Not too as long ago I was speaking to someone about how people twist scriptures in the Bible. The word of God says that nothing can separate us from the love of God. Which is true, but there is a difference… God loves us all!!! Nothing can separate us from the love that he has for all of his creation. But sin can separate us from his presence…!!! I’m sorry I am so passionate about this, but it’s so important to me because we need to truly comprehend this. That’s why the Father had to create a redeemer because we kept missing the mark. We need/ed someone to redeem us, to connect us back to the Father. Jesus paid that ultimate price and we owe it to him to receive his true freedom. We need to let go of everything and give him our all. It does not mean we won’t go through things. Let’s not get it twisted, we were never promised a life without trials and tribulations. In fact we were told that we will endure these things, but in Jesus we are more than victorious! We need to stop living in bondage when Jesus already freed us… He already paid it all, we don’t need to fight for it. We are not what we are seeing right now. We are not our past, we are not what we will go through. “ For we live by faith and not by sight” remember this. Let’s receive the fruits of the Spirit which is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Even when times are hard receive Gods strength. We try to do freedom on our own, but we can’t possibly attain it or receive it on our own. It is only through Jesus Christ that you will receive true freedom. Live in him, walk with him and you will see how your life is transformed. If we are truly in Jesus we should be able to have all these fruits even when times are difficult. We don’t live by what we see… we live by faith. The word of God says,

”Now faith is the certainty of things hoped for, a proof of things not seen” Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬.

We don’t see it yet, but we believe that it’s there already. We need to use faith more, we don’t see God but we must use our faith to believe that he is there. You may not see that you are going to get out of that situation but use faith to see/believe it. Even though you don’t see a way out, use faith to believe that you are already out. God clearly left us and told us to use faith for a reason. If not he would have said for we live by sight and not by faith instead. He said it for a reason, because he knew it was an important tool that we would need to endure this life. If you are truly in Christ live truly free indeed… Living truly free and in Christ means that you are no longer a slave/governed by the ruler of this world, which is Satan.