Meaning of FREEDOM

In addition to the common application of this term, it is used in the Scriptures symbolically as:
(a) the freedom obtained by Christ for those who were captives of Satan (Is. 61:1; Luke 4:18; John 8:36).

(b) The freedom that comes to having a conscience free from all guilt, illustrated by the words that the Lord addressed to several: "Your sins are forgiven, go in peace."

(c) The free status of the Law, etc.: "Stand firm therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery" (Gal. 5:1; cf. Rom. 7:24, 25).

(d) The freedom that the Christian acquires from the power of sin by dying with Christ (cf. Rom. 6:8-22); By counting himself as dead to sin, he enjoys this freedom in an experimental way (cf. Rom. 8: 2-4), after having realized that the flesh is too strong for him to suppress it by his means.

Deliverance is effected by the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, and the love of God is known and enjoyed. Then, since Christ is the object before the soul, and not the self, the believer is left in full freedom to do that which pleases him and that, because it arises from his new nature, is in consonance with the will of God; it arises from itself, always “pleasant and perfect” (Rom. 12:2).