Three Dimensions Of Freedom

I have been set free before
I am free now
I will be set free in the future

You and i can take a look back at what God has done in our lives...

Then confess...

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them." - Hebrews 13:8-9 ESV

We can claim the freedom that is ours now...

What about the future?

"... He is faithful...." - 1 John 1:9b ESV

"No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it." - 1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV

"He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it." - 1 Thessalonians 5:24 ESV

"But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one." - 2 Thessalonians 3:3 ESV

"Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war." - Revelation 19:11 ESV

He faithful to free us. We don't know how or when.

"And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace. Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up in haste. He declared to his counselors, 'Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?' They answered and said to the king, 'True, O king.' He answered and said, 'But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.' " - Daniel 3:23-25 ESV

The fire that was supposed to kill these men burned away their bonds.

Freedom may come that way. It may come in a moment. It may come from a word spoken and heard.

"So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated." - Esther 7:10 ESV

The enemy that builds a way to trap and kill you may well end up hanging on their own gallows.

Are you free? Are you? You can be. You can remember. You can confess what God has done and you can rejoice in the fact that the God you worship is faithful.

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