PROTECT YOUR LIBERTY

Saturday 28 September

Stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made you free and do not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage Galatians 5:1 (NKJV)

And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: Galatians 2:4 (NKJV)

Even back in the early church, there were those who were trying to get others to go back to the law and depart from grace. ‘The yoke of bondage’ Apostle Paul is talking about here is the law or works. From relationship back to dead religion.

The ‘concision’ were religious Jews who had infiltrated the ranks of Christians who had not accepted Christ and were trying to bring people out of grace and back into works by following all Jewish festivals and rituals.

Although it is not likely that false brethren are in the church today like the early church experienced, there are those who unknowingly drag others into bondage by operating under the law which is the ministration of death.

How does this happen you may ask? Through ignorance. It stands to reason that if you are going to stand fast in the liberty of Christ that you must understand exactly what that liberty includes.

Consequently if you don’t know, how are you to teach others what you have never been taught in the first place? The answer is you can’t. So those who are teaching the scriptures must be able to ‘rightly divide the word of truth’ to seperate law from grace otherwise it will deliver ‘mixture’ to the hearers.

One example of your liberty in Christ is healing. Why then are so many Christians with sickness and infirmity in their bodies? If you are not aware that it is one of the ‘liberties’ then how are you able to stand fast in it or protect it? The truth is you can receive healing.

Once you know health and wholeness is your right, then you can confidently stand up to any sickness or disease and command it to leave your body in Jesus name! You have the authority as the caretaker of your body. Remember it’s the knowledge of the truth that you act upon that makes you free.

Soundness of mind is another liberty in Christ yet so many Christians are on pharmaceutical, mind altering drugs. It seems like those folks have not been taught their ‘liberties’ correctly and are suffering unnecessarily as a result. You can break out of this cycle.

Whenever you are told something that contradicts the scriptures concerning your liberty in Christ and you accept it, you are being ‘entangled again’ with the yoke of bondage. You started in grace when you got saved. Don’t go back to ignorance and dead works.

If you listen to the opinions of man and not God’s word, you could find yourself being taken captive by the law without realising it. Protect your liberty with all the energy you can muster and stay in the Word of His grace.

APPLICATION

Know who you are and learn to protect your liberty in Christ by studying the Pauline epistles to discover all the things that the word says are yours.