Our Liberty In Christ

Martin Luther's treatise Concerning Christian Liberty is one of the most powerful and concise presentations of the Christian life ever written - a true gem among Reformation writings. Here you will find the essence of Reformation spirituality distilled into a guide for practical, biblical living. With the bold authority of a true prophet, Luther directs his message to the average Christian in clear, simple language. The doctrine of justification by grace through faith in Christ is the heart and soul of Luther's message, founded upon a firm conviction in the authority of Scripture.

A systemic problem plagues the local and global church: We habitually lose the gospel. In its place, we substitute personal prosperity, legalism, politics--and we end up paralyzing the mission of the church. Galatians contains Paul's passionate defense of the gospel. It shows us how to enjoy God's presence and everlasting peace, setting us free to love and be loved. In Live in Liberty, Daniel Bush and Noel Due help you apply the spiritual message of Galatians so that you may experience the liberating presence of God.

News reports bring to our ears daily stories of further intrusion in our lives and increased regulations too many to number. America is losing its heritage of God-given freedoms, which were originally derived from biblical teaching. We sense that our well-sung liberties are being lost to a point of no return. The Liberty Book examines the Christian roots of liberty, idolatry, taxation, foundations for freedom, the right to bear arms, the great freedom documents in history, pro-life and liberty, land rights, social involvement, and more. With God’s help freedom can be revived. We must all work to pull America back from the cliffs-edge fall into tyranny. Our nation is again in search of genuine liberty under God. Discover what Bible-based liberty looks like and how it can be won for you and your children.

Liberty to the Captives is a book for any Christians who want to learn how to bring hope and redemption to their communities — for those who are ready to step beyond their comfort zone, leave the status quo behind, and take up Christ's call to minister within a world crying out for the freedom only God can bring. Longtime pastor Raymond Rivera's testimony of a life completely turned around — from gang member to RCA pastor — underscores his powerful message. Full of practical advice about how holistic community-based ministry can bring transformation, healing, and liberation from captivity, Liberty to the Captives encourages Christians to respond to God's call by ministering wherever God has placed them. Based on over forty-five years of pastoring inner-city churches, Rivera's inspiring vision challenges all Christians to think again about how their faith should lead to social action and defense of society's most vulnerable people.

Christian liberty is one of the most debatable doctrines within the Christian faith. It is because of this doctrine that there are many divisions within the Church in our modern time. Most sincere Christians are tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine thus running from Church to Church. Most that profess the name of Christ do so without bibilical knowledge of bibilical doctrines of the Christian faith because they do not take the time to study their own bibles. God have said that his people perish for the lack of knowledge. There are lots of judgmental spirits within every Church which is forbidden of God in the Scriptures. These spirits cause divisions within the body of Christ. Most are not like the Christians in Berea, that searched the Scriptures being more noble than the Christians in Thessalonica in that those of Berea received the word of God with all readiness of mind, searching the Scriptures daily to see for themselves whether the teachings of the apostles were in fact the things written in the Scriptures. Most today fail terribly in this area, thus taking the word of those that claim to be delivering God's word to them and thereby many are deceived. These do not know where they stand in Christ Jesus! Christians are no longer under the law but under grace! Jesus Christ have redeemed us from the curse of the law becoming a curse for us that we might become the righteousness of God through him. There is now no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. For under the new dispesation of the gospel we are under grace. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus have set us free or have liberated us from the law of sin and death! Therefore we have liberty in Christ Jesus! Paul asked the question, Why should my liberty by judged by another man's conscience? We are liberated by Christ Jesus but we are not to use liberty for an occasion to the flesh or to sin nor are we to allow our individual liberty to become a stumbling block to cause others to fall into sin but we are to serve one another in love! Paul said that all things are lawful for me but all things are not expedient all things are lawful for me but all things edify not. Paul said that he kept under his body and bring it into subjection. He said all things are lawful for him but he would not be brought under the power of any! The apostles warned of those who have crept into the Church unaware that would attempt to chain us again to the law of bondage from which Jesus have broken the link in the chain setting us free. Under the new dispensation Christians are free to do or eat what one please so long as it is done or consumed in faith for anything done or consumed which is not in faith is sin! If the thing allowed is not against God or the law of the land Christians have the liberty to do it as long as their liberty does not cause another Christian to stumble. Scripture says, Happy is the he that condemeth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. Don't allow another man's convictions intrude on your individual liberty! God is not going to judge you by another man's conscience but your own, in the things which you allow! On the other hand, the apostle says it is wriong to allow your liberty, to cause another to stumble. He said the right thing to do in this matter is to keep from eating meat drinking wine or doing anything else that will make another believer fall. Keep what you believe then, between yourself and God and leave judgment to the Judge, of whom we all must stand before, and give an account of ourselves! Scripture instruct Christians to Let no man therefore judge you in meat or drink or in respect to any holy day or the new moon or the sabbath days which are a shadow of things to come but the body is of Christ! Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. This book is a must read to every sincere believer!