You are Free

You are Free

What happened at the cross gives us freedom from sin, freedom from guilt, and freedom from condemnation.

Since we have died to the law, died to the worldly idea of moralistic behavior as the way to righteousness, sin no longer governs us. We are free to behave in godly ways, just as the grace of God teaches us, from the heart. We are free to do as we please, and doing good, walking by faith, and walking in love pleases us—much more than we usually think it will.

At the cross, Jesus died and then He rose again for our justification. Being justified fully by His blood, the giving of His life, our record of sin has been expunged. God was in Christ reconciling us to Himself, not counting our sins against us. Justification removed our sins completely and God has chosen to forget about them eternally. (2 Corinthians 5:17-21) Since our record is spotless, there is no basis for guilt.

Jesus rose from the dead never to die again. We were raised with Him and, like Him, we are never to die again. We have passed from death to life and therefore there is no condemnation for us. Because we were crucified, dead, and buried with Him our old sinful, guilty and condemned self has been recreated and reborn by the Spirit of God. We've been placed into Christ; sealed there by the Holy Spirit. We've been made one spirit with Him. Condemnation has no relationship to such as we.

Live each day from the truth of this. You may be surprised at how He is changing you.