Such power attended our Lords words, that many were convinced, and professed to believe in Him. He encourages us to attend His teaching, rely on His promises, and obey His commands, notwithstanding all temptations to evil. Thus doing, we would be His disciples truly; and by the teaching of His word and Spirit, we would learn where our hope and strength lay. Christ spoke of spiritual liberty; but carnal hearts feel no other grievances than those that molest the body, and distress their worldly affairs. They talk to us of their liberty and property, tell us of waste committed upon their lands, or damage done to their houses, and that they understand us very well; but speak of the bondage of sin, captivity to Satan, and not liberty by Christ; tell of wrong done to their precious souls, and the hazard of their eternal welfare, then we bring strange things to their ears. When we tell of how Jesus plainly reminded them, that the man who practiced any sin, was, in fact, a slave to that sin, which was the case with most, and how Christ in the gospel offers us freedom, how He has power to do this, and how those whom Christ makes free are really so. But all too often we see those persons disputing about His liberty of every kind and way, while they are slaves to some sinful lust.(John8:36)
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 09:03:36 +0000