I am sure that you have all heard about the sad story in the news where a man in Austria locked up his daughter for twenty-four  years in a dungeon, subjecting her to abuse and other degradations. Not only did he lock up his daughter but also another three children who were his illegitimately. None of us have any idea of how terrible it must have been for those locked up, we are so used to our freedom that the thought of being locked up for twenty-four years is inconceivable.

Freedom is important to us and we guard our freedom closely. Think of our children as they grow up, isn’t gaining “freedom” one of the greatest dreams? Don’t they seek to get their driving licences as quickly as possible so that they can be mobile and “free”?

We like to think that we are free but unless we know Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour then we are not. We are actually slaves, slaves to sin as the Bible puts it. The trouble is, we often don’t feel like slaves. We don’t see the eternal picture, we only see the universe around us. All we know is what we see, hear, taste, feel and smell and that has become our whole world. We think that we are free because we can make choices but without the knowledge of the eternal world we can choose nothing of value.

Jesus offers us true freedom, freedom from the power of sin, freedom from the tyranny of death and freedom from the foolishness of the self. Allow Jesus to rescue you from the dungeon of sin, seek the freedom that brings life, eternal life.

In love, Alan