...Instead of taking men's freedom from them, Thou didst make it greater than ever! Didst Thou forget that man prefers peace, and even death, to freedom of choice in the knowledge of good and evil? Nothing is more seductive for man than his freedom of conscience, but nothing is a greater cause of suffering. And behold, instead of giving a firm foundation for setting the conscience of man at rest forever, Thou didst choose all that is exceptional, vague and puzzling. Thou didst choose what was utterly beyond the strength of men, acting as though Thou didst not love them at all - Thou who didst come to give Thy life for them! Instead of taking possession of men's freedom, Thou didst increase it, and burdening the spiritual kingdom of mankind with its sufferings forever. Thou didst desire man's free love, that he should follow Thee freely, enticed and taken captive by Thee. In place of the rigid ancient law, man must hereafter with free heart decide for himself what is good and what is evil, having only Thy image before him as his guide. But didst Thou not know he would at last reject even Thy image and Thy truth, if he is weighed down with the fearful burden of free choice?
-The Brothers Karamazov: Part Two: Book V: Pro and Contra: 5. The Grand Inquisitor, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Grand Inquisitor - The Open University
Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you.
-Galatians 5:1
It is for freedom Christ has set us free!
I shall not live in fear.
I shall not live in laziness.
I shall not live in pain dodging.
I shall live in freedom. Though it is petrifying, it is uncertain, it is the narrow difficult path I shall walk the path of freedom. I shall never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on me!
There is pain in this life, there is evil but man is good. Man is made in the imagine of God and God is GREAT! Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom and the Spirit lives inside of all of us!
Though some humans may choose to imprison cows there are others who choose to set them free!
For you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.
-Malachi 4
Skipping like a calf loosed from its stall
I’m free to love once and for all
And even when I fall I’ll get back up
For the joy that overflows my cup
Heaven filled me with more than enough
Broke down my levee and my bluff
Let the flood wash me
-Farther Along, Josh Garrels
IT IS FOR FREEDOM CHRIST HAS SET US FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have found my hope and it is in Jesus!
the Soil & the Sun - Are You?
-The Brothers Karamazov: Part Two: Book V: Pro and Contra: 5. The Grand Inquisitor, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Grand Inquisitor - The Open University
Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you.
-Galatians 5:1
It is for freedom Christ has set us free!
I shall not live in fear.
I shall not live in laziness.
I shall not live in pain dodging.
I shall live in freedom. Though it is petrifying, it is uncertain, it is the narrow difficult path I shall walk the path of freedom. I shall never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on me!
There is pain in this life, there is evil but man is good. Man is made in the imagine of God and God is GREAT! Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom and the Spirit lives inside of all of us!
Though some humans may choose to imprison cows there are others who choose to set them free!
For you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.
-Malachi 4
Skipping like a calf loosed from its stall
I’m free to love once and for all
And even when I fall I’ll get back up
For the joy that overflows my cup
Heaven filled me with more than enough
Broke down my levee and my bluff
Let the flood wash me
-Farther Along, Josh Garrels
IT IS FOR FREEDOM CHRIST HAS SET US FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have found my hope and it is in Jesus!
the Soil & the Sun - Are You?