Title: Liberated People/Romans 8:1-2
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Romans 8:1-2 is Paul's proclamation of liberation. In particular, verse 2 says, “The life that is in Christ Jesus.
for the law of the Spirit of God has set you free from the law of sin and death."
liberated".
Liberation is, in a word, freedom. freedom from political oppression,
Freedom is freedom from enemy restraint, and freedom from economic bondage is freedom.
In other words, freeing yourself from oppression and bondage and living like a human being can be called liberation.
Communists often called their ideological struggles a war of liberation. South Korean people
They started the 6.25 War by claiming to be liberated, and continued the war for many years claiming to liberate Vietnam.
However, the liberation they claimed was liberation that drew blood and caused poverty.
August 15, 1945 is the day we were liberated from Japanese colonial rule. So are you free?
It's been half a century. Inter-Korean dialogue suspended after Kim Il-sung's death, the US and North Korea in Geneva
The relationship between South Korea and North Korea and that the US and Japan will start diplomatic normalization with North Korea are intertwined.
In three generations, the 15th of August was the anniversary of liberation.
As I was preparing for the Liberation Day sermon, I remembered a few conditions of gratitude.
First, what made it a liberated sovereign state
Second, what made it a prosperous country
Third, what made us live freely
Fourth, the giving of over a million Christians
Fifth, what prevented the war
Sixth, I was able to discover that there were too many conditions of gratitude, such as for preventing drought and typhoons.
is.
Thanking God once again for giving us liberation, what is true liberation?
Let's think about what kind of things Lee has been freed from.
1. Freed from sin and death.
At the end of 8:2 it says, "I have set you free from the law of sin and death." I said above
In some other manuscripts it reads, "You have set me free."
That's right. Jesus Christ set us all “me and you” free from sin and death.
Because the penalty for sin is death, if we do not solve the problem of sin, we will die as the price for that sin. But the answer
The answer is that no one can get rid of or solve sins by their own strength or effort, no matter who they are.
that is all.
In the Old Testament, sins were forgiven by slaughtering animals in place of humans and offering sacrifices. see the New Testament
If we do, Jesus Christ died for us so that our sins are forgiven, and Jesus Christ who died in our place
They teach that if we believe in Christ, our sins will be forgiven and we will receive eternal life.
And Paul referred to this as "set me free from sin and death."
In Exodus 21, we see that a servant who served his master for 6 years and then takes his master without any conditions in the 7th year
There was a way to leave and be free. This is called the sabbatical system.
In Leviticus 25, the 50th year after seven Sabbath years is called the Jubilee. jubilee
When this happens, the land will rest and the servants will be set free and set free. This is called the Jubilee system.
It's not that papers get their freedom at will. Sleep within the bounds of the law set by God
I could get milk.
Likewise, our liberation from slavery to sin and death is not our own.
To be free, as Paul puts it, “in the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus”
is. In short, the law that is in Christ Jesus made me free and given life.
that is all.
It is the mind of the flesh, not the mind of the Holy Spirit, that I sin and live my own life. Look at 8:5.
“Those who are after the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who follow the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.”
The mind of God is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace.” And in verse 7, “The mind of the flesh is
The mind of God is enmity with God.” In verse 13, “If you live according to the flesh, you must die.”
will," he said.
It is impossible to gain life by following the thoughts of the flesh and doing the works of the flesh. yes
In verse 11 we read, “He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead, He who dwells in you
He will also give life to your mortal bodies through the Spirit.”
Let us summarize the above words. They sin according to the thoughts of the flesh and disobey God.
If you live, you will surely die. But believe in Jesus Christ and think according to the mind of the Holy Spirit
If we live like this, we will be freed from sin and death, and as revealed in verse 15,
is to become a child.
The decision must be made by me. Will you die as a slave to sin or a slave to Jesus Christ?
will you get eternal life?
It is said that the carnal mind is enmity with God. Living in enmity with God, living happily and well
can you live To be freed from sin and death, we must turn to Jesus. led by the Holy Spirit
You must not resist the inspiration of your heart and the Holy Spirit. Let's live with the thrill of being freed from sin.
2. Freed from the law.
The law is the standard that teaches us how to live. All laws in the Bible are enforcement ordinances and prohibitions
separated by . In other words, what to do and how to do is the enforcement ordinance. what is a ban
If you don't do it, you will be punished. Enforcement ordinances are active laws, bans are passive
It is the law. Both of the above are included in the law.
But the less laws, the better. The reason is that it is difficult to keep them all. of the people of Israel
In this case, it became difficult to keep all the laws as there were too many and subdivided provisions of the law. there is a law
If you don't keep it, people will start to lie and cover themselves with hypocrisy.
is.
For example, you must fast once a week, you must give alms, and you must pray.
There is a law. However, there are some religious leaders who do not keep the law. If he is
If his failure to comply is disclosed, his leadership or career will be hampered. So that
becomes a law-keeping sheep, and is compelled to wrap himself in a cloth of hypocrisy.
All.
Paul declares. “You cannot be righteous by the righteousness of the law.” Romans 7:7 says, “Without the law,
Sin cannot be known.” But the law does not forgive sins.
The law tells me that I am a sinner, and the cross of Jesus Christ sets me free from sin.
That is Paul's argument.
It happened in America. One Sunday morning the pastor stopped in front of the hotel to pick me up.
A traffic cop was waiting while I parked the phone and dialed my room. illegal parking
He said he was sorry that he had stopped the car for a while after coming to chill. Then the traffic cop
was to cut off the ticket saying, "Is it okay if the pastor breaks the law?" That pastor and I
There were no words. When I asked how much it was, they said it was $20.
One day I parked illegally on a Sunday morning in Hawaii. The time is the sum of the time I come down 5
He said he was a Christian and even said hello to have a good day. fine of course
I didn't even take the kit off.
Consider two simple cases. The Road Traffic Act requires you to pay a fine for illegal parking.
is. However, depending on the discretion of the traffic cop who enforces the law, the method or result of law enforcement will vary.
All. The important thing is that I can't decide the method or the outcome.
The law teaches good and bad, right and wrong, but it blots out my sins
or atonement for it.
But the law of love of Jesus Christ, even if I have sinned, forgives them
It makes you human. This is what Paul called liberation from the law.
Set free from sin, set free from death, set free from the law. What an amazing and grateful job
are you?
3. You are freed from the devil.
The devil continues to create sin. To create evil and make the whole world rot and smell of sin
do.
Among the nicknames of the devil is Beelzebub. It means [the owner of the dung heap]
All. The devil hates fresh, clean and beautiful things.
The devil mobilizes all means and methods to expand his power. Wars, divisions, tricks, ideas,
We mobilize everything we can mobilize, including obscenity, decadence, and unbelief.
And once possessed by the devil, it is impossible to get out of it by my own strength. bondage force
Because it is strong.
In Revelation 20:2, the devil is called the old serpent.
Among the various characteristics of snakes, once the target is wound, it will never be missed. That
It has a strong sense of intoxication.
If you are caught by the devil, it is difficult to be freed.
But Jesus Christ can. Because Jesus broke the devil's head. snake head
It is said that when you take a critical hit, the power of your whole body is released.
Genesis 3:15 says, “The offspring of a woman shall bruise a serpent in the head.” These words are Jesus
It is a prophecy that Christ will inflict a critical blow on the devil's head.
When we are saved through Jesus Christ and become children of God,
From the moment we are sealed, the devil leaves us. In other words, giving up.
Freedom from sin, freedom from death, freedom from the law, freedom from the devil,
called liberated people.
Finally, we should heed Paul's warning. In Galatians 5:1 we read, “Christ is
You have set us free so that we may be set free. Therefore stand firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.”
I did.
Freedom is a great thing in itself. And it's a touching story that that freedom became mine.
It's a thing.
But when used wrongly, that freedom becomes a weapon of disorder, confusion, indulgence, corruption, and self-destruction. though get free
Even those who are freed from death must fight against themselves every day so that their freedom does not become indulgence.
Paul was a free man. But for Jesus' sake, he was a free man.
We too must use my freedom and liberty for Jesus. I am free as a child of God
and live.
I will never again be subject to a yoke of slavery.