Our culture tells us that freedom is found in autonomy.
Do what you want.
Be your own authority.
Answer to no one but yourself.
But Scripture teaches the exact opposite.
When people rebel against God, they do not become free. They simply exchange one master for another.
Sin always promises liberty.
Yet sin is a tyrant.
It enslaves.
It controls.
It diminishes.
The great paradox of the Christian life is that surrender to God produces freedom.
When we submit to Christ, we do not become less human. We become more fully what God intended us to be.
Every heart serves a master.
The question is not whether you will serve.
The question is whether your master enslaves or liberates.
“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” – John 8.36
Pastor Clegguart Mitchell 