A different, and most wonderful, kind of freedom.

In the gospels we encounter Jesus, the miracles he did and the challenging things that he said to the people and disciples. This passage challenges us again. What does it mean to say ‘I believe in Jesus’?  To really be his disciple means to embrace his teaching and this sets people free.

The first teaching is that if you sin then you are a slave to sin … you are under its control and power. This means a guilty conscience, fear of the consequences of what we have thought, said and done and a broken relationship with God.

In the gospel, however, the Son, Jesus Christ, sets us free in the most important sense of the word. By receiving God’s forgiveness, through trusting in Jesus crucified and risen, no accusation can be brought against us in the court of heaven, which is above all human wisdom. This is freedom for all eternity. Jesus achieved our freedom by giving up his freedom at the cross.