Freedom to Live on Mission
Malachi 3-4; Psalms 148; Acts 5
“But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.”
Malachi 4:2
“Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.”
Acts 5:42
The spiritual darkness of Israel prior to the coming of Jesus the Messiah heightened everyone’s anticipation that a new day was coming. The weight of the law was too heavy to carry. People longed for spiritual freedom. The Son of Righteousness is the Light of the world. Those who receive his gift of righteousness by faith are filled with his Spirit and released from the confinement of sin and spiritual bondage. This spiritual freedom is stronger than the threat of persecution and death. The early Church could not stop obeying God rather than men. They couldn’t stop teaching and proclaiming the good news of the Gospel.
Are we living in the light of the Son of Righteousness with the freedom to live on mission?
“Lord Jesus, thank you for setting me free to live on mission with you, for your glory.”