Longing for Freedom 

(Rm 8:18-25) 



God is the God of truth(Is 65:16). 

He delivers the spirit by the truth(Ps 31:5), and 

He sets free those who know the truth(Jn 8:32). 



Faith is longing for freedom and 

The life of this faith is being liberated from the bondage to decay in order to be brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God(Rm 8:21). 



For men cannot be happy without freedom, 

Throughout history men have 

Sought and fought for freedom: 

The freedom of religion, ideology, speech, assembly, petition, possession etc. 

Those who most yearn for freedom are 

The slaves, the oppressed, the detainees, the sick and the to-be-executed. 



Though by nature as a creation, 

Adam could not be free, 

He had the free will to choose and receive God's command(Ge 2:7, Ge 2:17). 

Deceived by the devil, however, 

He misused his free will and sinned, 

Becoming a slave to the devil, sin and death(Jn 8:34; He 2:15; 2Pe 2:17). 



The slavery of Israel of 400 years materialized this, and 

God sent Moses to Egypt and delivered them for 

He remembered His covenant with Abraham(Ge 15:13 ; Ex 6:5). 



The written code given to them, the Law(Ex 20:2; Col 2:14), and 

The feasts such as the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Passover etc.(Ex 12:17, Ex 13:3, Ex 13:14), and 

The sanctuary where the Testimony was 

All reminded them that God delivered them from their past slavery(Lev 26:13) and that 

They had now become servants of the Lord God(Is 49:5). 



Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days(Jn 2:19), because 

Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body, 

He would set free not the flesh but the soul for 

Though He is the very nature God 

He took the very nature of a servant(Php 2:6-7) to 

Become Father's chosen servant(Mt 12:18). 



He was sold for 30 silver coins and 

Finally received the death penalty(Mt 26:14-15). 



As He hung on a tree and He was torn, 

Jesus said, "It is finished(Jn 19:30), declaring that He: 

1. Committed the deliverance of His soul to the Father of truth(Ps 31:4; Jn 10:17-18); 

2. Condemned the devil who misused his free will as a creation; and 

3. Tore the written code with His flesh and delivered all men from their slavery to sin, death and the devil(Rm 8:1-3; Col 2:14-15).

He rose and sat on the heavenly throne and 

He became the eternally free One. 



The Holy Spirit comes to 

The souls who have been set free by the blood of Jesus and 

Leads them to be liberated from their bondage to decay 

In order to arrive in the freedom and glory of the children of God. 



The Christians is he who knows the truth and whom 

No one can take away his freedom from. 

Therefore, he is set free from the law of nature, 

From the temptations and the desires of the decaying body, and 

From trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, sword, and even death. 

Finally, when his body is redeemed 

He enters the kingdom of eternal freedom. 



O Lord, 

Born to be free! 

My soul, finally set free by Jesus. 

Let me not lose this freedom because of this decaying body. 

Rather, let me enjoy it even in suffering, tests, temptations, fear and even death. 

On the day You return 

Let us all be eternally free! 

Amen.