Written by Rev. Mariano Gabor
Thursday, 01 July 2010 00:00
Our Freedom in Christ
 The month of July is the time to remember and celebrate the freedom that every American enjoys. When the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence from England, politically and economically they were set free.
Spiritually we were once oppressed by the demonic forces in which you once walked according to the course of this world; according to the prince of power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience (Ephesians 2:2). We had no freedom, for anyone who sins is a slave of sin.
Today we enjoy the freedom because of what Christ has done. He set us free from the bondage. When a person believes in Jesus Christ, he is free from the enslaving power of sin. He no longer worries if he is good enough or he has done good works or keeps enough laws to be acceptable to God. Why? It is because Christ fulfilled the law for us.
When Christ was here on earth He was sinless. He obeyed the law perfectly. He secured the ideal righteousness for us. He became sin that we might become the righteousness of God (2 Corinthians 5:21). He took the penalty of our trespasses and bore it. He bore our judgment and punishment for having broken the law which was death. The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:2).
Therefore, we must stand fast in the freedom of Christ has made us free and do not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage (Galatians 5:1). There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ who walks not after the flesh but after the Spirit (Romans 8:1).
Let us enjoy the freedom in Christ for we know the truth and the truth will set us FREE (John 8:32). | 
