We are lucky we live in freedom. We can come and go and do what we want. This is worldly freedom. What is spiritual freedom for us?

The Israelites weren’t so lucky in the Old Testament – they cried out for freedom from slavery -and the Lord delivered them! Yet, as they wandered the desert with their newfound freedom, they enslaved themselves to the idols of their former enslavers right when the Lord created the Ten Commandments in Exodus Chapter 20. He knew we needed parameters to protect us from our sinful nature.

So, He also provided us with means of atoning for our mistakes. The first five chapters of Leviticus explain the offerings: burnt, grain, peace, sin, and guilt, which allow us to place our sin on the altar.

The Israelites were to present these offerings every day to the Levi priests. Once a year, on the Day of Atonement, the high priest entered the Tabernacle through the veil and approached the throne of God, symbolized by the ark of the covenant, for atonement on behalf of the people.

In the New Testament, we learn that Jesus was the Ultimate Sacrifice.

Christ loved us and offered Himself as the offering and sacrifice

to God so we can walk in love. (Eph 5:2)

The Old Testament also refers to being released from debts every seven years (Deut. 15:1). We are blessed because Jesus paid our debt by sacrificing Himself.

He is the once-and-for-all sacrifice, never to be repeated. His

sacrifice allows us access to God through Him. (John 14:6)

We are no longer under the Old Covenant but under the grace of the New Covenant.

Now, we are free from the bondage of sin.

Christ has set us free; stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Gal:5:1)

We are forgiven and truly free to do God’s work. For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

Now for us, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and all your mind, and your

neighbor as yourself. (Luke 10:27)

That is what it’s like to live in freedom.

We can walk spiritually free because of Jesus’ walk to Golgotha/ Calvary. Enjoy your freedom by living the life that Jesus provided through his sacrifice.