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'''Freedom''' is the lack of restraint. But it does not mean that one is able to act however one pleases. Decent people should know how to limit themselves and avoid vice.
'''Freedom''' is the lack of restraint. More specifically, it can mean:
More specifically, freedom can mean:
*Ability to act freely: a state in which somebody is able to act and live as he or she chooses, without being subject to any undue restraints or restrictions.
*Ability to act freely: a state in which somebody is able to act and live as he or she chooses, without being subject to any undue restraints or restrictions.
*The condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints.
*The condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints.
*Exemption: immunity from an obligation or duty.
*Exemption: immunity from an obligation or duty.
The first phrase is that the Lord Jesus Christ "gave Himself for our sins." Here the apostle is describing our freedom from slavery to, and from the power of sin. This is the great doctrine of justification. We are born into sin, separated from God, but God sent his Son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. In the atonement, all of our sins, past, present, and future, have been paid for." John Stott comments: "The death of Jesus Christ was primarily neither a display of love, nor an example of heroism, but a sacrifice for sin."[http://www.speraindeo.org/julread.html][http://www.pbcc.org/sermons/hanneman/968.html]
The first phrase is that the Lord Jesus Christ "gave Himself for our sins." Here the apostle is describing our freedom from slavery to, and from the power of sin. This is the great doctrine of justification. We are born into sin, separated from God, but God sent his Son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. In the atonement, all of our sins, past, present, and future, have been paid for." John Stott comments: "The death of Jesus Christ was primarily neither a display of love, nor an example of heroism, but a sacrifice for sin."[http://www.speraindeo.org/julread.html][http://www.pbcc.org/sermons/hanneman/968.html]
[[Category:Bible study]]
[[Category:Bible study]]