Today, we will discuss God’s gift of freedom. From the beginning of creation, we see that God has given man the freedom to choose what he wants. He gave us this freedom because he loves us. If he had not given us this freedom, we would be completely controlled by him and would have no personal freedom.
God never forces us to obey his commands. He helps us to recognize right from wrong. He also tells us what rewards we will receive if we obey his commands and what punishments we will receive if we disobey his commands.
When we make our own choices, we need to remember that God has no hand in them. When we decide to do something good, it is completely our personal decision, and when we do something bad, it is also our own will. God has no hand in making our decisions. He has given us the freedom to choose.
However, we need to remember that every choice we make has consequences. When we make decisions in every area of life by obeying God’s commandments, blessings and peace come into our lives. On the other hand, when we go against God’s will, God’s wrath descends upon our lives.
God has given us the freedom to choose what we like and what we dislike. But we need to remember that what God has told us is for our good. Then we will receive eternal blessings from God. Let us not abuse the freedom God has given us.
Deuteronomy 30:15 : —
“See, I have set before thee this day life good, death evil”
Deuteronomy 30:19 : —
“I call heaven earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life death, blessing cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou thy seed may live”
Joshua 24:15 : —
“If it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord , choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me my house, we will serve the Lord”
Galatians 5:1 : —
“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage”
Galatians 5:13 : —
“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another”
Galatians 6:7 : —
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap”
Romans 12:2 : —
“Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, acceptable, perfect, will of God”
Romans 13:2 : —
“Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation”
Romans 14:12 : —
“So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God”
Romans 2:6-8 : —
“Who will render to every man according to his deedsTo them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory honour immortality, eternal lifeBut unto them that are contentious, do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation wrath”
Romans 6:16 : —
“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?”
Romans 8:2 : —
“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin death”
Proverbs 16:9 : —
“A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps”
Proverbs 19:21 : —
“There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord , that shall stand”
Proverbs 3:31 : —
“Envy thou not the oppressor, choose none of his ways”
Isaiah 30:21 : —
“Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, when ye turn to the left”
Isaiah 55:6-7 : —
“Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is nearLet the wicked forsake his way, the unrighteous man his thoughts: let him return unto the Lord , he will have mercy upon him; to our God, for he will abundantly pardon”
James 1:25 : —
“But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed”
John 14:6 : —
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me”
John 8:32 : —
“Ye shall know the truth, the truth shall make you free”
John 8:36 : —
“If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed”
Genesis 13:8-9 : —
“Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me thee, between my herdmen thy herdmen; for we be brethrenIs not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left”
Genesis 2:16-17 : —
“The Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eatBut of the tree of the knowledge of good evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die”
Revelation 3:20 : —
“Behold, I stand at the door, knock: if any man hear my voice, open the door, I will come in to him, will sup with him, he with me”
Matthew 6:24 : —
“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, love the other; or else he will hold to the one, despise the other. Ye cannot serve God mammon”
Matthew 7:13-14 : —
“Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, many there be which go in thereatBecause strait is the gate, narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, few there be that find it”
Jeremiah 29:11 : —
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord , thoughts of peace, not of evil, to give you an expected end”
Ecclesiastes 11:9 : —
“Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, walk in the ways of thine heart, in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment”
Philippians 4:8 : —
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, if there be any praise, think on these things”
Colossians 3:17 : —
“Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him”
Ephesians 5:17 : —
“Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is”
Hebrews 12:1-2 : —
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, the sin which doth so easily beset us, let us run with patience the race that is set before usLooking unto Jesus the author finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, is set down at the right hand of the throne of God”
Titus 2:11-12 : —
“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all menTeaching us that, denying ungodliness worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, godly, in this present world”
Psalm 119:173 : —
“Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts”
Acts 17:30 : —
“The times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent”
Mark 8:34-35 : —
“When he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, follow meFor whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake the gospel’s, the same shall save it”
Exodus 19:5 : —
“Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine”
Leviticus 26:3-4 : —
“If ye walk in my statutes, keep my commandments, do themThen I will give you rain in due season, the land shall yield her increase, the trees of the field shall yield their fruit”