Dictionary of Biblical Words:
The state into which Christ and the gospel have brought those who were under the legal bondage of the law. The Christian is exhorted to stand fest in it (Gal. 5), only not to abuse it (ver. 13), but so to walk and act as the one who shall be judged by the privileges it gives (James 2:12). Currently, a person is said to be at liberty who is not occupied with himself, and who fully understands and enjoys the free grave of the gospel.
Concise Bible Dictionary:
Besides the common application of this term, it is used in scripture symbolically, as
1. The liberty obtained by Christ for those that were captives of Satan (Isa. 61:1; Luke 4:18; John 8:36).
2. The conscience set free from guilt, as when the Lord said to several, “Thy sins be forgiven thee: go in peace.”
3. Freedom from the law, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free” (Rom. 7:24-25; Gal. 5:1). Jesus said, “I am the door: by me if any man enter in he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture” (John 10:9).
4. The Christian’s deliverance from the power of sin by having died with Christ, as in Romans 6:8-22; and, having reckoned himself dead to sin, experimentally enjoying liberty, as in Romans 8:2-4, after experiencing that the flesh is too strong for him. The deliverance is realized by the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, and the love of God is known and enjoyed. Christ is then the object before the soul, and not self.
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Ivona Gentwo
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