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Bytes of Bread

Bytes of bread is a weekly message of encouragement,

part of the ministry of Living Word Lutheran Church

 

Freedom

 

 (Romans 6:6,7 NIV)  For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

Have you thought about your "death" this week?  I am not talking about the death that you experience when your time on this earth is done but I am talking about the "death" you experienced when you were baptized. 

When you were baptized your sinful nature was crucified, abolished, put to death, and you were set free!  Set free from the bondage of your sins.  At your baptism Jesus' perfect life and His death on the cross were given personally to you.  Because of Jesus' death on the cross you can be assured that when God looks at you He now sees you as His perfect child because at your baptism you were clothed with Jesus' perfect life!  And as a child of God you can be assured that Jesus' death on the cross paid for all of your sins!  You are free!

Freed from my bondage of sin, just like you!
Vicar

 

Free

 

 (John 19:10-11 NIV)  "Do you refuse to speak to me?" Pilate said. "Don't you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?" {11} Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin."

Jesus was standing on trial, before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor. 

Let's put it a bit differently, GOD was standing trial before a man. 

Clearly, who should be submitting to whom?  Obviously, man should be submitting to God. 

In remarkable grace, God submitted to man.  Jesus bowed His head to Pontius Pilate, allowed Pilate to take Him off to His death, on the cross.  GOD ... submitted to MAN! 

Why did Jesus do so?  Because that's the only way that you could be set free!  That was the only way that you could be set free from sin's guilt, from sin's domination, from sin's horror.  Only if Jesus submitted could you be set free. 

He submitted; you're FREE!

Thankful to be free, just like you,
pastor

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