Will Complete Freedom Make a Believer Continue in Sin?
John 8: 31-36
The Lord said, “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” Those born of the Spirit of God and given faith in Christ have been made free indeed by the Lord Jesus Christ. Sin is mixed with everything the believer does, yet no threat of the law shall ever be executed upon one for whom Christ died.
Will complete freedom make a believer continue in sin? Does your liberty in America make you want to live in a third world country? The price our Redeemer paid to make us free causes sin to break the believer’s heart and makes us draw nearer to him (Psalm 51.) Freedom in Christ is the only soul-refreshing good news that will make a sinner truly obedient from the heart, glorifying God in their body and in their spirit because they are not their own but bought with a price (1 Corinthians 6: 19-20). He shall ordain peace for us because he has also worked all our works in us (Isaiah 26: 12). His Spirit refreshes, revives, guides, and holds us up, saying to the believer--"My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12: 19).