True Freedom

Freedom is not free. Let no one delude you into believing freedom is indeed free, it may be free to you, as in you do not have to pay for it in a sense but let me assure you that someone pays for it either with blood or with guns drawn in it's name. For the Christian, freedom was purchased with the blood of God. Namely in the person of Christ as God the Father watched from Heaven as His Son poured Himself out so that we could all be rightfully called Sons and Daughters of the King. Our freedom cost this great sacrifice. Picture you eternally recieving praise and worship and choosing to step down and recieve curses and hatred for the sake of those who curse and hate you. That in itself was a great sacrifice. He did not choose to make Himself great for His own sake, but He chose to make Himself humble for our sakes. He had to be a common man for they would never crucify a King. Here is the irony for in crucifying a percieved human, they crucified a King. It took His sacrifice to purchase our freedom. We could not atone for our own iniquity for we are prone and exposed to sin since flesh was sewn on bones in a word since our conception. It took one who was human and divine to lift our sin curse. It took this great sacrifice of God-blood to give us our true freedom. Freedom defined: the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial. 2. exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc. 3. the power to determine action without restraint. 4. political or national independence. 5. personal liberty, as opposed to bondage or slavery: a slave who bought his freedom. 6. exemption from the presence of anything specified (usually fol. by from ): freedom from fear. 7. the absence of or release from ties, obligations, etc. 8. ease or facility of movement or action: to enjoy the freedom of living in the country. 9. frankness of manner or speech. 10. general exemption or immunity: freedom from taxation. 11. the absence of ceremony or reserve. 12. a liberty taken. 13. a particular immunity or privilege enjoyed, as by a city or corporation: freedom to levy taxes. 14. civil liberty, as opposed to subjection to an arbitrary or despotic government. 15. the right to enjoy all the privileges or special rights of citizenship, membership, etc., in a community or the like. 16. the right to frequent, enjoy, or use at will: to have the freedom of a friend's library. 17. Philosophy . the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination. Compare necessity ( def. 7 ) . (Dictonary.com)