“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” (John 8:36)

When slavery ended, not everyone got the message, so they remained in slavery even though they were legally free. Then there were some who were comfortable in slavery and chose to remain there. The same applies to Christianity: some people are unaware of their freedom, while others find comfort in the bonds that bind them. And, however they think in their minds, that’s their reality: “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” (Prov. 23:7).

Jesus set you free

“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;” (Isa. 61:1)

“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Gal. 5:1)

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” (2 Cor. 3:17)

Therefore

“Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.” (1 Peter 2:16)

“But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.” (Rom. 6:22)