What is True Liberty? - Leroy Neff - October 1961

Leroy Neff

Most do not know what real freedom is. Read here the surprising answer which some church members have yet to understand and apply. PAUL said: "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free" (Gal. 5:1). Just what is this liberty? Does this mean that Christ has made us free to do as we please? The world interprets this to mean that we are free to follow the inclinations of our own will - in plain words, to sin! Jesus said: "Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin" (John 8:34). What did He mean? The world has been completely and totally deceived by Satan (Rev. 12:9). As a result the world speaks of "liberty" and "freedom," and yet the world is in slavery! "They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption; for whatever overcomes a man, to that he is enslaved" (II Pet. 2:19 RSV). - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library