Freedom in the Perfect Law of Liberty
Freedom is more than the absence of oppression—it is an active alignment with God’s divine purpose. It involves spiritual growth, sanctification, and living in accordance with His perfect will. The journey toward true freedom invites believers to engage fully in their faith through offerings, service, and righteous living. In the Free Assembly, this path becomes tangible as members present themselves as living sacrifices, participating in a refining process that brings spiritual maturity and divine purpose.
The Perfect Law of Liberty
The perfect law of liberty emphasizes the importance of not just hearing God’s word but acting upon it. This freedom comes with responsibility, encouraging believers to live intentionally and with integrity. Through the Free Assembly, members embrace this freedom by contributing to the life of the community with faithfulness and love.
Deliverance and Restoration
God’s vision of freedom extends beyond individual liberation—it encompasses deliverance from burdens and restoration to purpose. In the same way that God freed His people from slavery, the Free Assembly provides a platform for members to experience spiritual renewal by participating in collective offerings and sacrificial giving, symbolizing the restoration God desires for His people.
Proclaiming Liberty through the Spirit
True freedom flows from the work of the Holy Spirit, empowering believers to bring hope to the oppressed, healing to the broken, and liberty to the bound. In the Free Assembly, members play a role in spreading this freedom, not just in words but through action. Every offering becomes an act of release, enabling others to experience liberation and renewal.
Freedom in Christ: A New Life
Freedom in Christ involves breaking free from sin and embracing a new life filled with divine purpose. It calls believers to live without fear, standing firm in the liberty that Christ provides. Through the offerings and activities of the Free Assembly, members walk in this freedom, contributing to a community that reflects God’s love and truth.
Living Sacrifices Purified by Fire
The call to be a living sacrifice involves presenting one’s life fully to God, allowing His fire to purify and sanctify. This process of sanctification is not passive—it requires participation and surrender. The Free Assembly offers an avenue for believers to engage in this process through acts of worship, giving, and service, symbolizing the refining work of God’s consuming fire.
Living in Service to God and Others
Freedom is not meant for self-indulgence but for service. It calls believers to use their liberty to glorify God and serve others. In the Free Assembly, members are encouraged to channel their freedom into building up the community and advancing God’s kingdom on earth. Through every offering and act of service, they live as free people—committed to love, justice, and righteousness.
Conclusion: Embracing True Freedom through the Free Assembly
The path to true freedom is one of intentional action, sanctification, and community participation. In the Free Assembly, believers are invited to engage with this journey by offering themselves and their resources to God, becoming instruments of His will. Each act of giving becomes a step toward spiritual freedom, releasing divine purpose within the individual and the community. Through this process, believers experience the fullness of life that God intends—walking in liberty, restored, and empowered to serve.
Perfect Law of Liberty
- James 1:25 (ESV)“But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.”
- James 2:12 (ESV)“So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.”
Setting People Free
- Exodus 6:6 (ESV)“Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.'”
- Leviticus 25:10 (ESV)“And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan.”
- Isaiah 61:1 (ESV)“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.”
- Luke 4:18 (ESV)“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.”
- John 8:36 (ESV)“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”
- Acts 12:7 (ESV)“And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, ‘Get up quickly.’ And the chains fell off his hands.”
- Acts 16:26 (ESV)“And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened.”
Freedom in Christ
- Galatians 5:1 (ESV)“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”
- 2 Corinthians 3:17 (ESV)“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
- Romans 8:2 (ESV)“For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”
- Galatians 2:4 (ESV)“Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery—”
- 1 Peter 2:16 (ESV)“Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.”
- Romans 6:18 (ESV)“And, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.”
- Romans 8:21 (ESV)“That the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.”
- Galatians 5:13 (ESV)“For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”
Additional Scriptures on Freedom and Liberty
- Psalm 119:45 (ESV)“And I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts.”
- Proverbs 3:17 (ESV)“Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.”
- John 10:10 (ESV)“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV)“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
- Galatians 3:13 (ESV)“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.’”
- Ephesians 1:7 (ESV)“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.”
- Colossians 1:13 (ESV)“He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.”
- Hebrews 2:15 (ESV)“And deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.”
This comprehensive list covers various aspects of the perfect law of liberty, the act of setting people free, and the freedom believers experience in Christ.
