Stay Free

In Gal 5:1, Paul desires that we should never be burdened or allow ourselves to be yoked again to some form of salvaery.  Christ says we have been set free.  Yokes of slavery come in many forms.  You could be yoked to some habit that could harm your body.  You could be yoked to gossip, booze or sexual habits.  You could be yoked to another person.  Paul says throw off the shackles that bind you.  Christ has come to set you free.  There is freedom in Christ.  We can be free from any vice or problem if we abide in Christ.  The world has all kinds of philosophies and sef help programs to try to break the yokes of bondage.  None of these will ever work.  Jesus Christ is the only one who can truly set you free.  Christ came to give man a new nature so that our old nature could be overcome.  Remember it is the old nature that causes us to stumble and fall.  Life through the new nature and the Spirit can give you the freedom that you are searching for.  Let Christ and the Spirit do the work in you today.  You also have your part to play in this.  You can keep yourself free.  You can say no, to the old nature with its bondage and you can say yes, to Christ and the new nature and truly be free.  The choice is yours.