"Let us learn, therefore, to magnify this our liberty, which no emperor, no prophet or patriarch, no, nor any angel from heaven has obtained for us, BUT Jesus Christ the Son of God, by whom all things were created both in heaven and earth. Which liberty He has purchased with no other price than with His own blood, to deliver us, not from any bodily or temporal servitude, but from a spirtual and everlasting bondage under most cruel and invincible tyrants, to wit, the Law, sin, death, and the devil, and so to reconcile us to God His Father. Now since these enemies are overcome, and we are reconciled to God by the death of His Son, it is certain that we are righteous before God, and that whatever we do pleases Him. And although there are certain remnants of sin still in us, they are not laid to our charge, but pardoned for Christ's sake." -From a lecture delivered by Martin Luther at the University of Wittenburg in 1531.
"If the Son therefore shall make you Free, you shall be Free indeed." John 8:36
It's imperative to understand the liberty Jesus' death procured for us. Satan will come an distort what this freedom means with his subtle lies. But I believe Dr. Luther's words are words for the Christian's heart. So be encouraged in your freedom. Liberty is such a fine word for the human heart to embrace, and the Lord desires for us to rejoice in our liberty, and yet only when we also "rejoice in the truth": "For love does not rejoice in sin, but rejoices in the truth" (1 Cor. 13:6).
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