They promise them freedom, but the freedom that is preached in many churches leads to bondage. This freedom fuels rebellion towards God and disobedience to Jesus Christ (живото Слово) and ungodliness. Те смятат, че са безплатни, while in reality they are bound and are not led to heaven and eternal life, but to hell and the second death in the eternal lake of fire. Let’s look at what the Bible says and doesn’t say about the meaning of the freedom in Christ.
Why does the freedom in Christ lead many Christians in bondage?
The freedom in Christ that is preached in many churches is not the freedom as God meant the freedom in Christ to be.
The true freedom in Christ leads to a holy life after the Spirit in obedience to God and to righteousness, thankfulness, удовлетворение, мир, радост, и вечен живот, instead of a sensual life after the flesh in obedience to the devil and bondage of sin and death, оплакване, dissatisfaction,, тревожи се, страх, безпокойство, restlessness, гнездо, and depression.
И все пак, there are many Christians that walk in the latter
This is mainly because of false preachers and teachers that are sensual and pretend to be ministers of righteousness, while in reality they are servants of corruption.
These ministers love the works of the flesh and live like the world in sin. With their compelling and flattering words, they win people over and cause them to go astray.
They proclaim a doctrine that is not founded on the Word and not according to the words in the Bible, but is founded on themselves and according to the opinion, философия, and will of man.
Because of this false doctrine with the associated false promises, false hope, and false liberty, wherewith they delude the people, the people are not led by the truth of God in freedom and righteousness unto eternal life, but they are led through their lies into bondage and sin unto eternal death.
What doesn’t the freedom in Christ mean?
The freedom in Christ does not mean that you can do whatever you want to do without consequences. The freedom in Christ doesn’t mean that you can live in disobedience to God and His will and keep living after the flesh in lasciviousness and uncleanness and keep sinning without consequences.
In a marriage covenant, it is also not allowed for the man or the woman to live a lascivious life and keep following the lust and desire of the flesh that leads to fornication, изневяра, и изневяра.
Every deed that opposes the will of God and violates the heavenly laws in the universe has consequences. This applies to every covenant, including the New Covenant in Christ Jesus in His blood.
The blood of Jesus is not a permit to keep sinning
The blood of Jesus is not a permit to keep sinning. Исус’ blood doesn’t give you the right to be prideful and keep walking in rebellion and disobedience to God and His Word without consequences.
Кръстът (and the blood of Jesus Christ that was shed) is a place where the perfect sacrifice of God for mankind and reconciliation with God took place, instead of a place where pride, бунт, and hostility were fueled.
Jesus was nailed to the cross and carried the pride, бунт, неподчинение, and trespasses of fallen man in His flesh, whereby the pride, бунт, неподчинение на Бога, and trespasses were nailed to His cross.
Кръстът means the end of a carnal life in darkness under the rulership of the devil and the beginning of a spiritual life under the rulership of God and Jesus Christ, the High priest of the New Covenant and the King of God’s Kingdom (о. Ефесяни 2:4-10; Колосяни 1:13-14; 1 Тимотей 6:14-16; Евреи 3-10).
След това, тъй като децата са участници на плът и кръв, Самият той също участва от същото; че чрез смъртта той може да го унищожи, че е имал силата на смъртта, това е, дяволът; и избави онези, които поради страх от смъртта през целия си живот са били подложени на робство (Евреи 2:14-15)
Пребройте разходите, before you decide to follow Jesus
Jesus knew what a life after the Spirit in obedience to God meant and what consequences this life has for people on earth. Ето защо Исус каза, To пребройте разходите, before you decide to become His disciple and follow Him.
Защото следвайки Исус means taking up your cross (ежедневно) and crucifying the will of the flesh and mortifying the deeds of the body. It means to walk after the Spirit in submission to God in obedience to His Word.
Исус каза, “That whosoever doesn’t bear his cross and come after Him can’t be His disciple.” (о. Матю 10:38; 16:24-25; Знак 8:34-35; Лука 14:27).
As long as people proclaim to be free in Christ, but use this freedom for an occasion to the flesh (греховна природа) and willfully keep sinning, they are not made free in Christ.
Their eyes are not opened. They are not turned from darkness to light and from the power of satan unto God (Актове 26:18).
Their sinful works testify that they are still a slave of sin and unrighteousness (о. римляни 1:17-32; 6; Галатяни 5:13;1 Джон 3:7-10.
Исус каза, “That whosoever commits sin is the servant of sin.” (Джон 8:34).
Обаче, due to false doctrines that are created by the opinions and philosophies of carnal people, who refuse to put away sin and crucify the flesh and take on the responsibility of a life by faith after the Spirit in submission to God and obedience to the Word, but enjoy their sins and love their lives in darkness and everything that the world has to offer, the image is created that man will always remain a slave of sin and will never be perfect.
This is a lie!
The flesh refuses to follow Jesus
People keep walking in disobedience to God, as long as their sinful flesh is alive and they lack the reality of God the Father, Исус Христос Синът, и Светия Дух, and the fear and love for the Lord in their lives.
Който обича баща или майка повече от Мене, не е достоен за Мене: и който обича син или дъщеря повече от Мене, не е достоен за Мене. And he that taketh not his cross and follows after Me, не е достоен за Мен. Който намери живота си, ще го изгуби: и който изгуби живота си заради Мене, ще го намери (Матю 10:37-39)
What do carnal people believe what the freedom in Christ means?
Carnal people believe that if you believe in Jesus and that He is the Son of God and confess this and execute its rituals, you are saved forever.
It doesn’t matter how you live and what you do, because you are saved by faith and not by works. You can live your life the way you lived before your conversion, because the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and His blood provide eternal forgiveness for your sinful life.
Това е Божията благодат, because you don’t live under the law anymore and don’t have to keep all kinds of rules and commandments, but you live under the grace of God in the liberty of Christ.
But the people that believe and say this are not spiritual but carnal and have no knowledge of God’s truth, whereby their minds are darkened. From their carnal darkened mind, they preach lies that advocate for the preservation of the works of the sinful flesh.
Because of this faith statement, many Christians walk as enemies of the cross in uncleanness, блудство, and idolatry and do all those things, които са мерзост към Бога.
When do you live under the law and when do you live under grace?
The Bible says that as long as sin reigns in your life, you live under the law and don’t live under grace. Because if you live under grace, then sin doesn’t have dominion over you (о. римляни 6:14; 1 Тимотей 1:8-11).
The Bible doesn’t say that you remain a sinner after your conversion and regeneration in Christ. The Bible doesn’t say that you may walk after the flesh and keep sinning and inherit eternal life, но това you shall die (о. римляни 6; 8:12-14, 2 Коринтяни 5:21; Галатяни 2:16-21; Тит 3:7)
The Bible also says, that you can’t use your liberty in Christ for an occasion of the sinful nature of the flesh and for a cloke of maliciousness. Just like you ought to obey the laws on earth (unless they oppose God’s Word and demand you to do something that opposes God’s will) you also have to obey the heavenly laws (Галатяни 5:13; 1 Петър 2:16; 2 Петър 2:10).
What does the freedom in Christ mean according to the Bible?
The Bible says that you are born in the flesh as a slave (a servant) на дявола, грях, и смърт. Everyone is born in a fallen state under the rulership of the devil in darkness and is a slave of sin and death.
Следователно, everyone is a sinner until the moment that people hear the gospel of Jesus Christ and believe the truth of God and are convicted of their sins and sinful state and покайте се and no longer believe and walk in the lies of the world but believe and walk in the truth of God’s Word (о. римляни 6, 8; 2 Коринтяни 5:21; Галатяни 2:16-21; Колосяни 1:5-29; Тит 3:7).
Through this faith, people repent from their heart (of their old life as slave of sin) and through the Кръщение във вода identify themselves with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and receive the baptism with the Holy Spirit.
От този момент, people are delivered from the power of the devil, грях, и смърт. They are healed from their fallen state and made perfect.
They’re translated from the power of darkness into the Kingdom of God’s beloved Son Jesus Christ (о. Актове 26:18; Галатяни 3:13-14; Колосяни 1:13-18; 2:9-15; 4:12; 1 Солун 1:10; Евреи 2:22-29).
The new man doesn’t belong to the devil anymore and is no longer a son of the devil that lives from a fallen state doing to the will of the father and the works of the sinful flesh.
But by faith and the прераждане, the new man belongs to Jesus Christ and God the Father and has received the down payment of the Holy Spirit in fulness, whereby the new man shall walk from his healed state (позиция) in obedience to the Word according to the will of the Father, doing the works of the Spirit, and in the power of the Holy Spirit mortifying the works of the body and bearing the fruit of the Spirit (о. Актове 2:37-38; римляни 8:1-17; Галатяни 5:22-26; Ефесяни 4).
The spiritual translation from darkness to light and from death unto life
A spiritual translation from darkness to light and from death unto life and a spiritual transformation from the old creation to the new creation have taken place, that become visible in the natural life and the new walk of life.
Но Бог да е благодарен, че бяхте слуги на греха (evil nature), но вие се покорихте от сърце на тази форма на учение, която ви беше предадена. След това да бъдеш освободен от греха (греховна природа), ye became servants of righteousness
римляни 6:17-18
The new walk of life
The believers shall seek those things, които са по -горе, and renew their minds with the words of God, които са истината. They shall spend time in the Bible and in prayer, because that’s what their new heart longs for.
They are cleansed and legally redeemed from sin by the blood of Jesus and have become servants of Christ. В резултат на това, they shall no longer serve sin through the sinful flesh, but serve righteousness through the quickened spirit (римляни 3-8; 1 Коринтяни 10:16; Ефесяни 2:13-22; Евреи 9:14-15; 1 Петър 1:18-2:25).
Между другото, this is not only a matter of ‘having to’ but ‘wanting to’. The new man doesn’t want to live the way he (или тя) lived before, and doesn’t want to keep sinning.
If this happens, you can conclude that a person is not born again by faith. Because if you are born again and have received God’s nature through the abiding of the Holy Spirit and обичай Бога с цялото си сърце, then you don’t want to do this anymore.
Това казвам тогава, Ходете в Духа, и няма да изпълнявате похотта на плътта. Защото плътта жадува против Духа, и Духът срещу плътта: и те са противоположни едно на друго: така че да не можете да правите нещата, които бихте искали. Но ако сте водени от Духа, не сте под закона
Галатяни 5:16-18
God didn’t call you to uncleanness but unto holiness
Като ново творение, you hate sin and don’t want to yield your members as servants at the disposal of uncleanness and lawlessness, resulting in lawlessness (беззаконие). But you want to yield your members as servants at the disposal of righteousness, resulting in holiness (римляни 6:19).
Because God didn’t call you to uncleanness but unto holiness (1 Солун 4:7).
You’ll listen to Jesus and do what He says and пазете заповедите му (Божии заповеди), which always strive with the will and lusts and desires of the flesh. (Джон 14:15-21; 15:5-12; Галатяни 5; 1 Джон 2:3-6).
But through the truth of God’s Word and the abiding of the Holy Spirit, you have received authority and power to resist all the temptations and attacks of the devil and his army that try to make you ineffective in the spiritual warfare (о. римляни 8:12-17; Ефесяни 6:10-20; Джеймс 4:7).
What does the freedom in Christ and walking in Him means?
The freedom in Christ means that you no longer live in the bondage of the devil, грях, and death from a fallen state in darkness. You no longer walk after the (грешен) flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise the government of God. You are delivered thereof!
It’s just like the seed of Israel that lived in bondage (робство) of Pharaoh in Egypt under the law of Egypt and were delivered from their slavery and the pagan culture, закони, and idolatry of Egypt by God through the hand of Moses.
The Israelites were all delivered and made the transition through the water, from their old lives as slaves in Egypt to their new lives as free people with God.
God led His chosen people through the wilderness to the promised land.
But although God redeemed them all, not all of them arrived in the promised land.
The freedom they had received from God resulted for many in pride, бунт, неподчинение на Бога, dissatisfaction, неверие, murmuring, оплакване, Идолопоклонство, и блудство.
Instead of submitting unto God and obeying His Word and keeping His commandments, as they promised to do, and pleasing God, their freedom ensured that they rebelled and did everything they wanted to do.
The freedom that God had given them led for the redeemed generation to dissatisfaction and death in the wilderness, instead of gratefulness and life in the promised land. Joshua and Caleb were the only ones from the redeemed generation that were saved through their faith in God and entered the promised land.
The new creation is a servant of Christ and of righteousness
Новото творение беше грешник, but is bought with the blood of Jesus and justified and belongs to God and has become a servant of Christ and of righteousness (о. римляни 6:16-23; 1 Коринтяни 7:22-23 Евреи 2:11-15; 9:14-15).
The new creation is delivered from sin and death and shall no longer walk in rebellion in disobedience to God in sin. But through the abiding of the Holy Spirit, the new man shall walk by faith in the law of liberty in submission and obedience to God and bear the fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life.
Но сега сме освободени от греха, и да станем слуги на Бога, имате своя плод за светост, а краят вечен живот. Защото заплатата на греха е смърт; но Божият дар е вечен живот чрез Исус Христос, нашия Господ
римляни 6:22-23
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