stiggy wiggy
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Christ did not come to save us from the punishment for sin, but rather from the power of sin.
The punishment for sin is sin itself. If we deny its inherent punishment, it is because an element of that punishment is deception. Jesus is the Light that exposes that deception in order to initiate repentance, whereby we crawl toward Him for comfort and deliverance from the power of sin, which enslaves us. In Him there is freedom. All this talk about slavery neglects to consider the worst slavemasters of all, the perpetrators of sin, the world, the flesh and the devil. He is our Liberator.
The punishment for sin is sin itself. If we deny its inherent punishment, it is because an element of that punishment is deception. Jesus is the Light that exposes that deception in order to initiate repentance, whereby we crawl toward Him for comfort and deliverance from the power of sin, which enslaves us. In Him there is freedom. All this talk about slavery neglects to consider the worst slavemasters of all, the perpetrators of sin, the world, the flesh and the devil. He is our Liberator.