FREE INDEED
HAVE YOU EVER felt like you’re the
only one with something to hide? That sense of isolation magnifies your
feelings of guilt.
Satan wants us to feel alone, crippled by a false
sense of guilt. Yet the truth is that every person on earth has a "past" –
even those we consider "Mother Teresa" types who seemingly never did
anything wrong. The book of Genesis describes how we inherited a sinful nature.
Adam and Eve instilled a sinful nature into the entire human race. [see Romans
5:12,17].
However, we must understand and accept that we are
free from the penalty of our past because we trust Christ’s sacrifice as the
ultimate and final payment for sin [see Hebrews 7:27]. Even so, sometimes the
pain of our past comes calling. Many women have an emotional disposition or
personality type that lends itself to dwelling on bitter memories. Our adversary,
the devil, tempts our thoughts with guilt over past deeds.
Satan tries to slip the chains of guilt back on our
shoulders. And sometimes we again pick up those old familiar chains-our guilt
feels so comfortable that we revert to it out of habit. But Christ has set us
free! He paid the FULL penalty for our
sins. Every wrong thought, word or action – all paid for.
Don’t believe the lie. God set you and me free; Christ
died that we would be free – but we must choose to live that way.
"SO IF THE
SON SETS
YOU FREE, YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED."
JOHN 8:36
In Christ,
Janet
Irene Thomas
Director/Writer/Producer/Lyricist
Founder/CEO
Bible
Stories Theatre of
Fine
& Performing Arts
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