Galatians 5: 1 (KJV)
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Galatians 5: 1 (MSG)
Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you.
At salvation, you have gained liberty, but they enemy is not pleased with your liberty; he’s looking opportunity to make you doubt what you once believed. He aims to put a yoke on bondage you so you can go back to the zone where you place your trust on your efforts and performances over what Christ has done for you. This is yoke of the enemy. You have to take a stand, a stand to live solely in the liberty Christ had provided or get entangled by the yoke of the law.
Colossians 2: 8 (KJV)
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Colossians 2: 8 (NLT)
Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.
Here’s Paul’s warning to you, If you are such a person who loves to hear high sounding nonsense rather than the simplicity of Christ; you want deeper things than the depth of Christ revealed in the Word; then you are being deceived and led astray by the emptiness in this world.
Nothing is deeper than the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Nothing is deeper than forgiveness of sins, your new creation realities in Christ, nothing is deeper than your commitment to the local church and the ministry gift over your life. Nothing is higher or deeper than the word of God and the leading of the spirit, a fervent prayer life, commitment to soul winning and sacrificial giving.
Our lives revolve around two key elements: the finished works of Christ and the ongoing work of the Spirit. We are a people of the Word and of the Spirit. Embrace this freedom steadfastly and reject any form of bondage or enslavement—this is authentic, genuine life in Christ. This is the simplicity that is in Christ Jesus.
DECLARATION
I live my life in the simplicity of the Gospel of Christ and unlink myself from any yoke of bondage, tradition and human philosophy. I submit to the lordship of the word of God, the leading of the Holy Spirit. (Please spend more time to pray in the Holy Ghost)
SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES
2 Timothy 2: 15