Jesus is the KEY to being FREE

Some of you may have heard of the German Lutheran Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, he was 39 yrs. old when he spoke publicly against the Nazi regime and was promptly arrested and sent to prison.  As Christmas approached, Bonhoeffer sat alone in his cell journaling when a thought occurred to him how our lives are like prison cells and Christ the means to freedom.

He wrote, “We putter around inside our stone walls and iron bars, and we long to be free.  But the door is locked, and it can only be opened from the outside.”  Bonhoeffer would not survive the war; being a disciple of Christ cost him his life.  His best known book is ‘The Cost of Discipleship’.  A faith not worth dying for is not worth living for either.

As long as we struggle to free ourselves we remain locked up in the cell that Bonhoeffer described.  There is only one key to free us from the chains of sin, Jesus.  He said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.  The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever.  So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.” [Jn. 8:36].

Jesus is the KEY to being FREE.

For the full message shared on 04-01-12 at the  First Church of God - Racine, WI go to:
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