Freedom

Freedom is release from bondage. Christ sets people free from sin, from the condemnation of the law and from death, and those made free are to use their liberty to serve one another in love, not as an occasion for the flesh.

The Son makes free

• John 8:36
  If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
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• John 8:31-32
  ³¹Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. ³²And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
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• Galatians 5:1
  Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
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• Luke 4:18
  The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
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Free from sin

• Romans 6:17-18
  ¹⁷But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed. ¹⁸Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
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• Romans 6:22
  But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
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• Romans 8:2
  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
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The liberty of the Spirit

• 2 Corinthians 3:17
  Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
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• Romans 8:15
  For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
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• Romans 8:21
  Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
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• James 1:25
  But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
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Not a cover for sin

• Galatians 5:13
  For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
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• 1 Peter 2:16
  As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
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• 1 Corinthians 8:9
  But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
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• 1 Corinthians 6:12
  All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
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Proclaiming liberty

• Leviticus 25:10
  And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.
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• Psalm 119:45
  And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
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• Psalm 146:7
  Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
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See also

• Redemption
• Salvation
• Sin
• Truth
• Holy Spirit

Notes

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