Tuesday, June 29, 2010
FREEDOM!!!
"THEY MAY TAKE OUR LIVES, BUT THEY'LL NEVER TAKE...OUR FREEEDOOOMM!"
hahahahhaha, anyone who has either watched Braveheart, or at least A team would remember this line. im still laughing... can you believe it? HA
Okay, for the sake of those who are totally confused, you can go youtube "braveheart freedom speech". It was about the Scottish Independence war, that was literally fought with sticks and stones, and swords, its a wonderful 3 hour long movie, i highly recommend it! The scottish had been ruled by the English for about 100years where they were ill treated(treated as slaves, got raped, killed...) and what not, and William Wallace after his girlfriend got killed by an English Noble got pissed off, and basically annihilated the entire Northern English empire, but got killed in the end. Nonetheless, because of Him, the Scottish got their freedom from the century of slavery, and centuries to come!
(oh and the reason why A team is because that madman murdock was hopping around on a wooden horse-stick he made giving the same speech. that guy is a joke. seriously!)
anyway, believe it or not, my post isnt about the movies, but their one of the best movies i've ever watched. somemore both in the same day! hahahaha. This post was actually inspired by a wonderful woman, who smsed me after my exams, "...FREEEDOOM?"
Honestly, i felt no freedom. and at that point, i once again had another beautiful revelation. The reason why i didnt truly feel free, was because, (if you have read from my previous posts) i actually enjoy studying! it wasnt a pain to me! and i had loads of fun in my exam papers! you can ask me why separately! Now if i didnt dread this whole process, what am i free from? i felt, absolutely normal.
And this struck me. What is this freedom that we speak of, whenever we preach the gospel? We always say you will be free! Free from what?
Unless you are experiencing something terribly dreadful, you wont want help! As J.I Packer said in his book, Its like if you were walking along a road, and someone decides to pull your hand along and guide you, you would most definitely shake away that hand! you wont appreciate freedom(or help and guidance) unless you were drowning in the water or left mouth up in quicksand! Unless you dread exams, or like the socttish in braveheart, had been subject to a century of rape and ill-treatment, you wont bother about freedom!
A fabulous example besides my own exam one, would be Australia! when it was offered freedom by the UK, it didnt want it! it was happy with the way that it was! they didnt need change! and thats exactly what a common person would feel.
"what would i need freedom from?! i have everything i want in life! religion will only restrict me from party-ing, having my (non-christian)girlfriend, from having sex as and when i feel like, from induldging myself in porn, what do i need freedom for? i AM free!" Satan has clouded their eyes with worldly lusts and passions, that they see no need for God. But they have to see the reality of what they are saved from, to appreciate freedom!
WE, have to know full well what we are saved from, in order to fully appreciate the freedom that we have from Salvation!For every sin that we commit, we deserve the Wrath of God! We deserve punishment in hell! To burn forever and ever, and yet not die, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth!(Matt 13:42,50) We who despised and hated God, who loved the world! and even now, in our regenerate state, still fall back after the world ever so often! we truly deserve to die!
BUT, in His amazing grace, love, and mercy, we were spared it all! That on that cross, where Jesus died a painful and shameful death, he bore the sins of the WORLD, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. ALL OF US WHO ARE TO BE SAVED, THOUSANDS, PROBABLY MILLIONS OF US. The perfect relationship between Father and Son, was destroyed, just so that we, can have a relationship with our Father in Heaven who loves as so. That not only were we PARDONED, we were ADOPTED as CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH! That we received a spirit not of slavery, but a spirit of sonship! in which we cry ABBA FATHER! DADDY GOD! Just as Jesus did! Jesus died, to bring us to God!(Mark 14:36, Romans 8:15, 1 Pet 3:18) SUCH AMAZING GRACE THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME!
And so you ask, free from what? free from all of the above, that we may be brought from death, into life, life as the Son of God my Father! as Brother and friend of Jesus my Lord and King! That we are free from the chains of sin! This grace that i did not deserve, it was shown to me, and it set me free indeed!(john 8:36)
Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind, but now I see
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy rains
Unending love, Amazing grace
The Lord has promised good to me
His word my hope secures
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow
The sun forbear to shine
But God, Who called me here below
Will be forever mine
Will be forever mine
You are forever mine
And indeed, blessed are the Poor in Spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven!
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