2 Cor 3:17: "Now the Lord is Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."
This verse popped up on my Facebook page today, Independence Day. I love how direct it is, how contrary to our human understandings of freedom and liberty. The truth is, there is no freedom apart from the Spirit of Christ. But we think of freedom and liberty as primarily human attributes. This couldn't be further from the truth.
Think about it: God alone doesn't have to answer to anyone or anything. He alone has freedom and liberty in all its virtue and magnificent glory. Humans, on the other hand, are completely contingent. We are not and cannot be free because of our dependent nature. Because of this reality, humans can only become free if God, in fact, makes us free by entering into us. This is what Paul is talking about: freedom in Christ alone!
No comments:
Post a Comment