FREEDOM TO SERVE GOD

April 25

Psalms 119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

Many understand the keeping of God’s precepts as something they “have” to do; the point is that it is something we “get” to do!

Man’s governments usually work against the keeping of God’s biblically established precepts. Because of man’s sinful nature, governments have to enforce their own laws in order to keep order and protect their citizens. When these laws are the product of secularism and/or special interest religious groups and denominations, there is an element of oppression for the people of God who are supposed to be led by God only, via the Holy Spirit.

In the Word it is encouraged for God’s children to follow the local governmental laws in order to live in peace with all men and be able to be free to continue preaching the Gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15). But when these laws start to be diametrically opposed to the basic spiritual rules of God’s kingdom, then we are told that it is better to obey God than to obey man (Acts 5:29). Even now, the pure spirit of the people of God yearns to be free (Romans 8:23).

It is only in the millennial era that this prayer from King David will be fully answered. Only then, when the world is fully controlled by Jesus the Christ Himself, will we be completely free from the oppression of man’s governments (Revelations 20:4). Not only is it hard to live today in the morals and spiritual realm that we could live, but also the Bible tells us that it will become harder, even to just be a Christian or a God believing person (Revelations 13:7).

This is not meant to make us fear because we know that in the end, Jesus is the victorious conqueror of our souls and of the world.

Revlations 20:1-10 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. (2) And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,