It is my Right.
It is your Right to live free.

But what does living free mean to me?
What does it mean to you?
And is the freedom you seek according to Scripture?
Yes? Then you have the Right to live it.
And if I’m not and you’re not – something is not right. Something is wrong.

There is a judgment people need to know about; it bears on this Right to be free.

John 16: New American Standard Bible (NASB)
11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
via John 16:11 NASB – and concerning judgment because the – Bible Gateway.

Believe it! This is the verse that set me on this avenue of pondering.

We all know who the ruler is – Satan.
And what he gained in the Garden, he lost at Calvary.
And just what did he lose at Calvary?
The RIGHT to keep us in bondage.

That’s right. Let me say it again and again: In CHRIST JESUS you and I have the Right to live free!

So let’s unpack this a bit.

I already know I am free from the penalty of sin. JESUS took care of that. Satan no longer has the Right to drag me off to hell when I physically die.

But that’s not all that he no longer has the Right to do.  JESUS did much more for us than just save us from hell.  If it were not so, He would have surely taken us on to Heaven with Him right when He saved us from hell. But we’re still here so there must be more Rights for us to get back before we leave here.

This is powerful stuff, don’t you think?

Ok. So it is established even in my mind that I am free from the penalty of sin.
Check. Done.

Next.
Free from the power of sin. I hesitate to write Check. Done. On that one I could write Partial Check. Maybe. So what’s wrong?

I have failed to receive my Right to live free in the here and now. And you know what? That’s just not right. :)

I even know some of those sins that I have forfeited my Right to live free of; like:
Laziness
Lack of discipline
Lack of self-control (which we know is HOLY SPIRIT control)

And then there are those things I have the Right to be released from that I’m not; like:
Bitterness
Resentment
Conditional Love (we know what that is – when our expressions (demonstrations) of love toward another are based on whether or not they do what we want them to do)

I have the Right to be free from these things. I have the Right to be controlled by the HOLY SPIRIT. I have the Right to love unconditionally. I have the Right to bring my thoughts, attitudes, actions, ALL that stuff under the control of the HOLY SPIRIT.

Satan has NO Right to hold me in bondage of any kind — so why would I allow it?
Why would you?

It is my Right.
It is your Right to live free.

Am I ‘preaching’ that we can live sinless here on this planet?
NO!
Just that we can SIN LESS than we do.

And it’s time.

His Ministry to you,
Kathie

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A quick belated Tuesday Morning Hello. And I do mean quick.

I read this in my Journey just now and it seems BIG.  Big enough for us to chew on all day.

Father, help me not to throw stones when others make decisions I don’t understand. Help me give grace instead.

Amen and amen.

Hebrews 13 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
1 Let love of the brethren continue.
2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.
3 Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.
4 Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
5 Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said,
“I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU,”
6 so that we confidently say,
“THE LORD IS MY HELPER, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID. WHAT WILL MAN DO TO ME?”
7 Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
via Hebrews 13 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

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Thank You, ABBA, for this Word, quicken it I pray to our hearts all day long and into the night till all darkness in our souls flees away.  I am remembering Dori and her surgery tomorrow, asking again that it be textbook perfect. And Carson and Kerri and others — You know each one and for each one I trust You to give them Your Best in JESUS name.  Amen and amen.

Loving Him and you,
Kathie