Psalm 91:14 "Because
he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him securely on high,
because he has known My name.
Micah 7:19 Once
again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet
and throw them into the depths of the ocean!
Hebrews 8:12 For I
will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."
Isaiah 43:25 "I, even I, am he who blots out your
transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.
by Charles R. Swindoll
Without becoming needlessly academic, I want to define a
term that I've been tossing around. What do I mean when I declare that the
Christian has liberty? Essentially, liberty is
freedom . . . freedom from something and freedom to
do something. Today I will concentrate on what liberty gives us the
freedom to do.
Grace brings a freedom to do something else—a
freedom to enjoy the rights and the privileges of being out from under slavery and allowing
others such freedom. It's freedom to experience and enjoy a new kind of power
that only Christ could bring. It is a freedom to become all that He meant me to
be, regardless of how He leads others. I can be me—fully and freely. It is
a freedom to know Him in an independent and personal way. And that freedom is
then released to others so they can be who they are meant to be—different from
me!
You see, God isn't stamping out little cookie-cutter
Christians across the world so that we all think alike and look alike and sound
alike and act alike. The body has variety. We were never meant to have the same
temperaments and use the same vocabulary and wear the same syrupy smile and
dress the same way and carry on the same ministry. I repeat: God is pleased
with variety. This freedom to be who we are is nothing short of magnificent. It
is freedom to make choices, freedom to know His will, freedom to walk in it,
freedom to obey His leading me in my life and you in your life. Once you've
tasted such freedom, nothing else satisfies.
Perhaps I should reemphasize that it is a liberty you will
have to fight for. Why? Because the ranks of Christianity are full of those who
compare and would love to control and manipulate you so you will become as
miserable as they are. After all, if they are determined to be "cramped,
somber, dull, and listless," then they expect you to be that way, too.
"Misery loves company" is the legalists' unspoken motto, though they
never admit it.
AMEN, AMEN,AMEN. The struggle to revel in our individualism is often very hard for many. Some of us feel we MUST follow the herd. All that wander are not LOST! " I know why the cage bird sing"
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