If God says to us, You are mine—then we have great freedoms! 1. We are freed from the revenging wrath of God! We are not free from Gods anger as a Father—but as a Judge. God will not pour his vindictive justice upon us. Christ has drunk the red wine of Gods wrath upon the cross—that believers may not taste a drop of it! 2. We are freed from the predominant reign of sin. Sin shall not have dominion over you (Romans 6:14). Though believers are not freed from the indwelling of sin, nor from combat with it—yet they are freed from its imperious command. As it it said of those beasts in Daniel, They had their dominion taken away—yet their lives were prolonged for a season (Dan. 7:12), so sin lives in the regenerate, but its domination is taken away. And to be thus freed from the jurisdiction, power, and tyranny of sin—is no small blessing! A wicked man is at the command of sin, as the donkey at the command of the driver. The curse of Ham is upon him, a servant of servants shall he be (Gen. 9:25). He is a slave to his lusts, and a slave to Satan! Oh, what a privilege it is—to have ones neck out of the devils yoke! 3. We are freed from the accusations of conscience. The worm of conscience is part of the torment of hell. But, God being our God, we are freed from the clamors of this hellish fury. Conscience sprinkled with Christs blood speaks peace! A good conscience, like the bee, gives honey. It is like the golden pot which had manna in it (2 Cor. 1:12).
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:39:31 +0000
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