Once you are free from the very thing that kept you bound, perhaps even for years, whether lust, bitterness, shame, alcoholism, or something else, you are sent out to expose and crush these same works of darkness. The chains that bound you are given back to you for the whipping of the enemy.

the application of Jesus’ model has been minimized to something that can be accomplished by living a moral life.

Jesus Christ is the example of Normal for the Christian. To be different from Jesus in any way is to be an aberration from the standard set by His life.

The Word says that we are to move from glory to glory, which means always moving steadily forward (see 2 Cor. 3:18).

Forgiveness is the profound truth that brings healing to the heart, mind, and memories.

The law of love is this: I choose not to sin because it harms relationship.

The truth is that we are not His slaves, but we choose to be His bondservants. According to the Old Testament Law, a bondservant was given freedom and then made a choice to give his life to his master.

God also requires that we repent for the putrid resentments in our own souls.

Freedom comes through self-control, whereas independence requires the control of the surrounding environment.