For Freedom

"So, my dear brothers and sisters, this is the point:

You died to the power of the law when you died with Christ.

And now you are united with the One who was raised from the dead."

(Romans 7:4a)

"The ultimate question is not who you are, but whose you are."

(from Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die by John Piper)

"I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin." 

(John 8:34)

"Most of the time we are free to do what we want.

But we are not free to want what we ought.

For that we need a new power based on a divine purchase."

(from Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die by John Piper)

"You are not your own, for you were bought with a price."

(from I Cor. 6:19-20)

Thanking God today for freedom ~ from the power of sin. A gift purchased for me with a great price.