Petra Podcast

Today is the third message in our series on our identity in Christ, helping each of us to have a clear sense and understanding of who we really are because of our belonging to Jesus Christ; helping us to see ourselves in light of what God has done for us and in us in Christ Jesus. Today we are focusing specifically on our freedom in Christ. We are free in Christ is something often said. This sounds wonderful, but what does it really mean. What are the practical implications for our lives? I want us to look at four passages of scripture that will help us to understand more fully what freedom in Christ actually means. Three of these passages use the same Greek word translated free, freedom or liberty. The idea conveyed by this word is literally “unrestrained”, that is to say, to come and go at your pleasure, not a slave, exempt from obligation. As the redeemed of Jesus Christ this is our standing, freedom, unrestrained by outside forces, no longer a slave.