FREEDOM!!!

I heard a story today on 107.9, the Calvary Chapel station where they air sermons. This is something to think about seriously.

Story goes, there was a certain young black slave during the time of the civil war. His hero was Abraham Lincoln, the man who he believed would set him free. If fact he revered Abraham Lincoln so much that his most treasured possession was a piece of paper that had Lincolns signature on it. He was so proud of it, and he kept in in his pocket.

He showed it to everyone. "Look at what I got here. I got the signature of President Abraham Lincoln," he would say.

One day he showed it to someone who, unlike him, could actually read. The man took one look at it and said "Oh my, do you know what you have here?"

"Well yeah it's Abraham Lincolns signature."

"Oh no, it's much more than that. This is a document with his signature authorizing your freedom!"

The young slave had his freedom in his hands the whole time, and yet, he continued to work as a slave.

So many Christians are like this, They live as slaves to sin, and the whole time they have had the document, signed with Christ's Blood, to set them free.

Think about it...