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Jesus Gives Us True Freedom ㅡ

 “If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.”

 (John 8:36)

Christ came to break the shackles of sin-slavery from the soul.

In the work of redemption there is no compulsion.

No external force is employed.

Under the influence of the Spirit of God, man is left free to choose whom he will serve.

In the change that takes place when the soul surrenders to Christ, there is the highest sense of freedom.

The expulsion of sin is the act of the soul itself.

True, we have no power to free ourselves from Satan’s control; but when we desire to be set free from sin, and in our great need cry out for a power out of and above ourselves, the powers of the soul are imbued with the divine energy of the Holy Spirit, and they obey the dictates of the will in fulfilling the will of God.

The only condition upon which the freedom of man is possible is that of becoming one with Christ.

“The truth shall make you free;”(John 8:32) and Christ is the truth.

 (The Desire of Ages 466)