Freedom in Christ

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

September 2, 2025

Freedom in Christ

He is so rich in kindness and grace

that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son

and forgave our sins.

Ephesians 1:7 

The word freedom is prominently proclaimed by political leaders and the media in today’s culture. Some of the people in Gaza proclaimed their desire for freedom by killing over one thousand people, and taking another two-hundred fifty hostage, on October 7, 2023. In contrast, God purchases our freedom by his own self-sacrifice.

The New Testament uses the word free over one hundred times, most often in the Letter to the Galatians where it is used sixteen times. As Christians, we understand the most important quality of freedom is knowing that freedom comes not through our power, but through our submission; not through our control, but through our surrender; not through our possessions but through loving our neighbor as we love ourselves.

Paul makes clear in the verse quoted above, through our faith in Christ Jesus, we have been set free by the only One who can condemn us, therefore we can rejoice in these words of Jesus, “So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.” (John 8:36) Free for what you ask?

My Takeaway: 1- “For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.”

2- But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit. (Romans 6:7 & Romans 7:6) 

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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