“The Creation itself shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God” (Romans 8:21).

Glorious (Def): (Gr.): Doxa from Dokeo: To seem or accounted of reputation, Dignity, Honor, Praiseworthy, Worthy of Worship

Liberty (Def): (Gr.): Eleutheria from Eleutheros: Unrestrained, Freeman, Freedom

The dignity of a free man, unrestrained from the bondage of corruption is glorious, indeed. The “liberty of the children of God” is a gift of God purchased for us by the blood of the Lamb. This gift of God is a wonder and a blessing from the love of God expressed through our Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary.

To be a free man in this world requires a faith in God that goes beyond what we observe around us, that goes beyond what we feel, what thoughts enter our minds, what indignities we suffer at the hands of others. To be a free man in this world requires a faith in the promises of God that are what the Apostle Peter calls “exceeding great and precious”.

“Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord, according as His Divine Power has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us to glory and virtue; whereby are given to us exceeding great and precious promises that by these you might be partakers of the Divine Nature having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” (II Peter 1:2-4).

Glorious Liberty is living in Glorious Virtue, the virtues of love, faith, hope, godliness, righteousness, holiness, peace, truth, honor, mercy, kindness and self-control; all by the grace of God in Christ Jesus and by the Divine Nature imparted to us by the Holy Spirit.

Indeed, as the Apostle tells us in his Epistle to the Corinthians:

“Now the Lord is that Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty” (II Corinthians 3:17).

Glorious Liberty is enjoyed by those who live by the Spirit, who are led by the Spirit, who daily live by the Divine Nature and not after the things of this world with the corruption thereof. On the contrary we have escaped it all to live in freedom.

Being a free man is a challenge to those who wish to control, to keep in subjugation, or for those who love to exercise power over others and seek to suppress and restrain them. However, the free man is unrestrained because his freedom is not based on what the tyrant can do to him, but on the liberty given him by the Spirit of the Lord.

Oh, Glorious Liberty, indeed for the free man in Christ Jesus, for:

“If the Son shall make you free, you shall be free, indeed” (John 8:36).

Are you a freeman? Are you walking in the “glorious liberty of the children of God?” Look to the Cross, look to your Savior, look to the One who can “make you free.” Look to the Son of God, the Lord Jesus, our Master.

All Creation is waiting. The “earnest expectation of all Creation waits for the manifestation of the Sons of God” (Romans 8:19). All Creation is waiting, anxiously waiting for the “Glorious Liberty” that is coming. Are you ready?

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