December 18

Freedom is the benchmark of Christianity. Freedom first and foremost from the wage of sin that is death is the paramount gift we receive from our Heavenly Father through the shed blood of His Holy Child Jesus. We praise Him for that freedom and we rejoice in the free gift of salvation that we know is ours.

Because we know we are free for time and eternity, we recognize that we have every advantage over the lost who have not received the unspeakable gift that is too wonderful to even be uttered in finite terms. Because we know we are free, we long to share our freedom by directing others to Jesus, its Source.

I Corinthians 10:23 assures us that once we believe, “All things are legitimate and we are free to do what seems right in our eyes, but, though we are free to chose our course, all things are not expedient. Though all things are legitimate, not all things are edifying.” It behooves us to choose those things that lift us up.

Our Lord desires above all things that we grow in Him. He would not have us to linger at the trough of high mindedness or conspicuous consumption or self aggrandizement. He would have us go forth as ambassadors of His Kingdom, inviting souls to taste and receive of the blessed freedom He’s supplied to us.