Walking In Freedom

And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 

John 8:32 

And I will walk at liberty, for I seek Your precepts.  

Psalm 119:45

If knowing the truth makes us free, how does that freedom look? The second portion of our text connects it with the precepts of the word of God. If we begin that discussion, we must include the role of Christ and of the Holy Spirit in how they lead us to exercise our freedom in relation to God’s word. The reason we must include Christ is that to exclude Him, or even merely pay lip service to Him will land us in a morass of letter-of-the-law performance devoid of true spirituality. Barren conformity to a checklist of religious exercises is the way of the Pharisee. Christ gives freedom from the slavery of sin but does not then place us into the bondage of letter-of-the-law obedience. The Holy Spirit renews us in the whole person after the image of Christ and enables us to die more and more unto sin. The pursuit of the precepts of God, yield likeness to Christ, which is true freedom. Christ is the answer to the question of how we shall live.  

Our Gracious Master and our God, 
we rejoice that You are the Living Word of God. 
We praise You that the written Word 
always brings us to You.  

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning