Christ Set Us Free

Many teach that freedom in Christ means freedom from Christ's commands of baptism, the Lord's Supper, and Love toward the church. This is a false liberty. Many believe if we have any yoke at all it is too much, but Christ said he had a yoke, many have left the church when Christ said to love the church. In their hearts a division has crept in.

Mat 11:29  Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Mat 11:30  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

He doesn't say his burden is non-existent, only that it is light.

The law of Moses was a heavy burden, the Law of Christ much lighter. Christ didn't remove his burden, but the burden of Moses and the Pharisees.

Baptism and the Lord's Supper aren't heavy burdens as described by false teachers. They are the light burdens Christ was mentioning.

It doesn't make sense that Christ would set us free just to command us to do these things in the New Testament. Freedom in Christ is our death to the law that we can be married to Christ. It isn't freedom from Christ or his commands.

The marriage covenant described in Romans 7 and Ephesians 5:23-28 means we are to be subject to Christ. We die to one so we may marry another.

Rom 7:4  Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

Freedom in Christ doesn't mean freedom from God. Freedom in Christ means freedom from what he set us free from.

Freedom from death caused by sin.

Freedom from the Law of Moses.

Freedom from circumcision.

etc

No one ever said we are free from God, baptism, or free from the Lord's Supper. If we have the ability we are required to follow these ordinances. It isn't legalistic in the sense you couldn't miss the Lord's Supper if you are throwing up everywhere, but

He who knows to do good and does it not, to him it is sin. We know missing Christ's ordinances if we know about them is sin.

Paul commanded,

1Co 11:2  Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

then he goes on to correct the ordinance of the Church assembly and the Lord's Supper.

There is no doubt the Lord's Supper is an ordinance.

We must still be subject to God.

Someone might not like the idea we just squeak into heaven, but that is what Peter described.

1Pe 4:17  For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

1Pe 4:18  And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

The righteous are those who try to complete God's will, the sinner is one who rejects it. Such as those rejecting baptism and the Supper.

Read Psalms 1 through Psalms 5 description of the righteous and sinners, they are generally different in their approach to obedience and or freedom from God.

We need to be found in him at peace, not arguing and complaining about doing God's will.

2Pe 3:14  Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

We know we will not be perfect, but we can do what God says concerning ordinances if we try. Those fighting God's word aren't really free, they are in bondage to the false teachers who declared them free from God.

2Pe 2:19  While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

Those arguing against the ordinances are indeed servants of corruption.