Christian Freedom
Christian Freedom "For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another." Galatians 5:13-15 (ESV) FREEDOM: eleutheria (freedom); from eleutheros (unrestrained, to go at pleasure, as a citizen, not a slave; exempt from obligation or liability); from erchomai (to come or go) We were called to freedom. Who called us to freedom, and how are we called? In what sense are we free as Christians? The Greek word means unrestrained , able to go at pleasure, as a citizen and not as a slave. The word means being exempt from obligation or liability. Paul described Christian freedom as " the freedom of the glory of the children of God ", in his letter to the church in Rome (Romans 8:21). "The law of