FREE FROM OR FREE TO?

 

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

 

FREE FROM OR FREE TO?

 

Rom 6:20-22

20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

 

          Subtle differences make the two words “free” very different indeed. In the Greek, the first “free” is the word eleutheros and means “to go at pleasure.” W would say, “to do as you wish.” The second “free” is eleutheroo which is a similar but different word and means “exempt from moral, ceremonial, or mortal liability.”

However, it does not free one from doing what he or she should.

 

          The New Testament was written to a culture in which slavery was common. Paul dealt with the social problems relating to how a slave and a slave owner should treat one another if both became believers in Christ. It is easy to imagine that a once rebellious slave might become docile, and a once harsh owner might become kind. Knowing Jesus makes such a difference.

 

          You need to know that your free ticket to heaven is not free at all. It was purchased by the sufferings of the Son of God. It was a horrible price that He willingly paid because he saw value in you. Paul explained that, now that we have been made free from moral liability, we are free to serve Christ willingly.

 

1 Cor 6:20

20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

 

Thank you, Lord, for paying a price I could not pay. AMEN