Today is a day we, as Americans, have set aside to remember the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. We remember not so much him as a person, but the ideas and leadership he provided for the equality and equal rights of all those in America. He in a sense wanted freedom for all. Dr. King had a dream, a vision, but his vision is far overshadowed by the vision set forth By Jesus Christ in the first Century, and carried on by His followers then as well as Christians everywhere today.
Listen to the freedom Jesus offers. “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:31-32) Jesus was not offering an earthy freedom, but so much more. Jesus was offering a freedom from sin, eternal freedom. Paul emphasizes and further teaches this same freedom in Romans 6:22, “But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.”
In Galatians 3:28, Paul also told us that through Jesus we can have equality here on this earth. “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” So Dr. Kings dream was nothing new. I am not minimizing his ideals, but simply pointing out that Jesus had His answer all along.
“For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” (2 Corinthians 3:17, NLT)
God Bless!
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