John 8:31-36
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
“FREE TO LOVE”
The Reformation is about change. We don’t like change. We even use the Bible to keep us from change. God wants to make a new covenant with us. We don’t want it. We want the old covenant where we know what to expect and are more in charge.
God’s Word is an instrument of change and will, if we let it, change the way we look at things. It “is the source of all that is creative in the life of the Church.” (Luther) It sets us free to be new and different people.
People who put love at the center of life and let nothing keep it from doing its thing.
“FREE TO LIVE”
Jesus came that we might have live, and that abundantly.
That we might be free to live and drink deeply of this human existence, which is Gods first great gift to us.
In Christ we are free to be ourselves.
We don’t have to be like someone else. We don’t have to pretend we are more religious then we are. For God accepts us as we are.
“It’s okay to be me, because me is okay.” We are free to be!
In Christ we are free to try, to fail, and to try again. For with God there is forgiveness!
To live with Jesus is to live in forgiveness, full and free. There is no limit to Gods forgiveness. Once forgiven, we live with grateful hearts which are more powerful then any set of rules.
How great it was to have such a forgiving God!
This is the way God is. God’s grace is big enough for all our needs, and our goofs.
We are free to live!
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