RQ: IT WAS FOR FREEDOM! by Milt Rodriguez
He preached something to them that had not been preached to anyone before. He preached to them freedom in Christ! He told them that they were "in Christ" and that Christ was totally free from all religion, law and man-made traditions. Christ did not go through a ritual or method or system when He fellowshipped with His Father. Their flow of fellowship was based upon life and freedom. Paul preached Christ to these Gentiles, and the Truth (Christ) set them free!
Paul told the Galatians that if they were circumcised Christ would be of no benefit to them. (Gal. 5:2) Isn't that an amazing statement? He was saying that if they looked to something else to complete their relationship to God besides Christ, then it would be just as if they did not have Christ at all. If you add something to Christ, then you nullify Christ. In other words, Christ plus something equals nothing! He will not share His place with anyone or anything else. He wants to be the All! Yet how many times do we try to add something to Christ? When will we learn that Christ enough? We are free because we have Christ, not when we add some religious system or method to achieve God's goal. God's goal is Christ!
You see, He set us free so that He would be free to fully express Himself through us! It was for His freedom that we were set free.
Yet how can He be free to express Himself through us if we are still in religious bondage? How can He fully express Himself if the body is told to sit in a pew, shut up, and listen? How can He fully express Himself if in His assembly there is only one or two saints who are functioning? How can He express Himself if only brothers share and not sisters? How can His freedom reign if we are constantly adding our system, methods, and programs to Christ?
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Paul told the Galatians that if they were circumcised Christ would be of no benefit to them. (Gal. 5:2) Isn't that an amazing statement? He was saying that if they looked to something else to complete their relationship to God besides Christ, then it would be just as if they did not have Christ at all. If you add something to Christ, then you nullify Christ. In other words, Christ plus something equals nothing! He will not share His place with anyone or anything else. He wants to be the All! Yet how many times do we try to add something to Christ? When will we learn that Christ enough? We are free because we have Christ, not when we add some religious system or method to achieve God's goal. God's goal is Christ!
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You see, He set us free so that He would be free to fully express Himself through us! It was for His freedom that we were set free.
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Yet how can He be free to express Himself through us if we are still in religious bondage? How can He fully express Himself if the body is told to sit in a pew, shut up, and listen? How can He fully express Himself if in His assembly there is only one or two saints who are functioning? How can He express Himself if only brothers share and not sisters? How can His freedom reign if we are constantly adding our system, methods, and programs to Christ?
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
