FEAR OF FREEDOM

During the recent disturbances in Islamic countries like Egypt, Yemen and Libya people have been killed; one of them was an American Ambassador. For a western mind this is hard to understand. The culprit director is a Coptic Christian Egyptian living in the US. The man is known to have a criminal record (credit card fraud and identity theft). When escorted by security forces he covered his face. His amateur film about Muhammad supposedly was the catalyst that sparked the violence, which is now also reaching Australia. This is weird and hard to comprehend; but it is so. Lets examine the inner workings of phobias, especially those fuming religious fanatical sentiments. Points of interest Birth of Judaism The birth of Christianity The birth of Islam Truth does not need any defending it stands on a hill and on its own two feet. Truth is found between minus and plus, just like electricity. Imagine an electrical cable, which has three wires. In most standard wiring applications the electrons move from the minus side to the plus side; and there are three wires, the positive, negative and ground. When the ground wire is absent then the polarities can get reversed; then the positively charged particles move from the plus side to the minus side. The grounding wire is used to discharge the positive charge so that nothing happens. Usually the ground wire is connected to the ground so that any extra boost of voltage might travel downward thus defusing the danger of a lightning-like fire. Just as it is in the sky, where these positive and negative charges produce spikes, lightening and

thunder and then these ions fall to the ground, so it is with people. Nature responds to these charges differently than in an environment in which man waters a plant with a hose. The spout does not bring the same charge to the atmosphere as rains do after a storm. Even plants need minus and plus and the diffusion of the ground in which they are grounded. In humanity we have the three types (Matthew 13:38) tares (minus) seed (plus) and field (ground) and only the tares and the seed are connected with the neutral world (field, masses, the ground). The masses watch and observe and then have something to say about anything they heard on the news, but take no action because they are neutral. Small talk, considering what you might say; it can be so or not so; but it does not really matter to them that much nothing to go to war over. Jesus taught us that we ought not judge, but speak the truth. Those who crossed the lines and judge, without actually knowing the factsthe absolute and complete truthare really fools. Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned (Luke 6:37). A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is arrogant and careless (Proverbs 14:16). We as God's children come in contact with that arrogance quite often. Examples of fools: Someone comes in contact with a stranger, but does not like what the stranger says. A fool jumps into conclusions, like these: he is a Free Mason, he is a wolf in a sheeps clothing, his name means Lucifer etc. And then on top of it all the fools says, I know it for sure! The truth would have to be examined and be shown to be as the accuser supposes it to be, but the fool does not care to study the truth, he or she settled it all in his or her own foolish mind already. Actually I never met a Free Mason (FM) in my life, however I heard people whisper pointing to me an alleged Free Mason. I saw people casting out demons out of the supposed FM. A young man was not a FM, but later he accused his parents of being FMs although he never saw them going to a Lodge or talking the FM jargon. But those who were busy with the deliverance ministry would not have it; for they were so absolutely convinced that the young mans schizophrenia comes from it. Eventually under pressure the schizophrenic admitted to the forced on him lie by accusing his own parents of being FMs. The woman involved in it often asked me, Joseph whats wrong with me? This gracious, beautiful older lady died of cancer and I saw her no more. She took with her the forced upon other people lies. I have warned many people against the dangers of practicing Proverbs 14:16. But will they listen? Hardly anyone did. Some went to prison, even pastors, and then in prison asked for my teaching cassettes and CDs, trying to understand me; and the plain truth I proclaim, but that was only for political/religious reasons. I can tell stories upon stories here. Fools. Did I just judge them? No. In Matthew 7:16 Jesus said, You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? I have actually experienced their fruits. Hence, my judgment in this case only, is true. Back to electricity; imagine only one wire running electricity one-sidedly. Thats not even possible. Energy needs both, and in between them is the buzzing living power. The tares alone cant do the

IMPRISONED FREEDOM

Page 2

J. Luxum

job nor can alone the good seed. If only ground is present then no life is present, especially the extra-dimensional spiritual life. The fear of freedom is caught right here; where one does not know if he or she is the minus, the plus or the neutral ground. ADD REASON TO THIS EQUATION A. If you are not interested in this understanding, which turns into knowledge, which comes from divine logic, then you are just the field. You serve a purpose to defuse tension, which houses us: either the tare or the seed. B. If you are interested in what is being said here, but keep on opposing it to the bare bone, and God forbid, even judgmentally falsely accuse and conclude it to be evil, then you act like a tare. It would be better to stay a fool than acting like a tare. C. If you are interested in whats being said here and reflect on it, like looking into a well and seeing your own reflection in the water, and then consider these sayings; then that means that your spiritual man inside you resonates with the truth. The fear of freedom comes from not trusting yourself. If you are not secure in your decisionsmaking abilities, but need some kind of a fuehrer, dictator or slave master, or an authoritative figure that just tells you and does not reason with you; then your fear is legitimate. An illegitimate fear (if there is such a thing) comes from a malicious and obnoxious disposition, which is illogical and repulsive to others. The origin of such a disposition is usually rooted in supremacist sentiments, ethnic, racial, religious or cultural. BIRTH OF JUDAISM Moses fought with God; he did not want to go back to Egypt and much less speak to Pharaoh. God had compromised and then allowed Aaron to be Moses speaker. Throughout Israels 40-years journeying in the wilderness. Moses kept showing his uneasiness about his leadership and much less dictatorship. The humblest man on earth seemed to have wanted to be done with being Israels leader. Nonetheless, Moses carried on with the mission the Almighty had assigned to him. Obviously Moses was not obsessed with power, although he could have become a great monarch and super wealthy. There was so much gold, enough for many more golden cows than just one. But the man gave that gold dust to drink to the rebels who defecated it in the desert. Every Israelite had to use a spade, linen and a jar of water. The spade was used to dig a hole in the ground. The water was used to wash up, and the linen to wipe. Into the same hole also went the gold and then it was covered with dirt. Hey, that gold is still there in the ground. Who knows, perhaps those of the Kenite tribe secretly went out to the desert to collect it? As funny as this picture might be, it is not too difficult to imagine it. The point is that Moses wanted no power and no wealth. Moses knew God and that was enough for Him. Just think about it. I think that people wanted Moses to be their dictatorial, iron-fist man so that all blame would fall in him. Any wrongs and mistakes would be pinned on Moses and when he would die; with him would also go peoples sins. This idea did not come from no place, but from heaven. BIRTH OF CHRISTIANITY Jesus paid the price for the entire worldthe fieldin which He found His treasure, us, His holy

IMPRISONED FREEDOM

Page 3

J. Luxum

seed. For our sake He came down to earth to take the blame. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life (John 3:14-15). The whoever is very important because it comes down to a choice. And in order to have the ability to choose one needs freedom. Just as Christianity, in many lands, had been imposed on people; so was also Islam, some six hundred years plus, after Christ. Israels history is different. When God spoke to Abraham and told him to leave Ur of Chaldea for Canaan in the West; Abraham had to make a decision, a choice; and so he did. As a nomad he bore Isaac from and from him came Israel and from whom came Joseph and then came the sojourning to Egypt. God waited for 470 years (430 + 40) for the Canaanites to repent and turn from their evil ways. Israel had to be kept so long in Egypts slave house. God said to Abram, Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years (Genesis 15:13-21). Why? (Verse 16) for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete. Who is the root nation? (Verses 19-21) the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite 20and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite. BIRTH OF ISLAM Dictatorship had its start in Muhammad who inserted into his religion fanaticism giving no room for reason. This room or space symbolizes freedom. Restricted walls provide no freedom; hence no room for discussions, interpretations and alternate conclusions. God reasons too. He said to us in Isaiah 1:18 Come let us reason together In order to reason one needs freedom. Anyone under oppression not being free is afraid that some Gestapo spy might hear you and get you in trouble. In Ukraine, during the WW II, prior to the Babi Yar massacre; neighbors pointed out people suspected of being Jewish, just because thy did not share their kind of religion or did not show up at their church. Uniformity stifles personal freedom. What could have been accomplished in a very short time is being dragged because people are afraid of sticking their heads out beyond the barbed wire fence they have allowed themselves to be fenced in. This spirit is still propagated in religion using no other verse, but this isolated one from 1 John 4:1. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

IMPRISONED FREEDOM

Page 4

J. Luxum

When it suits the fearful, he or she chooses just those two verses and never goes further in order to understand the spirit in which John said it; also his heart and the complete meaning. And that can be labeled as malicious, even evil, because the following verses clearly explain Johns initial statement in verses one; (a style which I also use in my writings). 2. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; 3. and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. The argument is whether Jesus was born physically from a woman, which was aimed at the Gnostics who believed that Jesus came down to earth directly from heaven. When it suits people they are bound, but when it suits them they are free, like crazy people who say that it is simpler to be insane and then hide in insanity the real (often too sensitive for this world personality) then to cope with lifes pressures. John says boldly, We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error (V. 6). Its like saying, okay, you do not want to listen to reason, you do not want to awake the spiritual person in you, and here it is plainly stated. We are of God and those who know God will listen to us. Period. But, even then people would still wrangle with this statement, saying, how do I know you are of God, there were many others who claimed to be true prophets even messiahs Hmm Well, I'd say to such people, Go your own way and stay in your doubt and ignorance. Dont waste my time. Like Moses, I have no ambition to create a movement and be a leader of any movement. My immortality is not limited to an immortalized name as that of the Roman Caesars, but rather that of Enoch. Just think about it. Basically speaking a display of such attitudes is wicked and many do not even know it. No mercy, no care, and no love, for if there were those attributes present then such people would not torment another with reservations and doubts because one chose to be stupid. Sorry, but thats how sometime it comes across. Perhaps this would solve the problem? For if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them, behold, the hand of the LORD will come with a very severe pestilence (Exodus 9:2-3). Pharaoh continued in his stubborn pride and was forced. Destruction followed, but totally unnecessarily so. Any threat is used against fools, who refuse to know better and to learn. The same blood the Israelites used for their doors the Pharaoh and all Egyptians could use also, but they were too proud. Hence this verse describes it. Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before stumbling. It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with

IMPRISONED FREEDOM

Page 5

J. Luxum

the proud (Proverbs 16:18-19). But Jesus said something about continuing in His teachings. If you CONTINUE in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free (John 8:31-32). NO FEAR IN THE TRUTH Just as there is no fear in the Perfect Love, which is the heavenly Father, so there is no fear in the truth; for He is the Truth; and Jesus told us that He is the Way, the Truth, the Life and no one comes to the Father, but on these three basis and through Him. That means through His teachings, and His sacrifice. Hence He said to the Samaritan woman that salvation comes in a Jewish package (John 4:22). It comes not just with sacraments, preaching and teaching, comprehension and works, but also with the foundation. The Old Testament is the foundation of the New Testament, without this foundation the truth cannot stand; for just as a candlestick is the foundation for the light, so is the truth. Truth contains no fear; hence no time is being lost on wrangling and endless disputes. Truth is. It stands on the hill with wide opened arms. One must only turn the intuitive spiritual person inside that physical human shell and only consider, even with the doors ajar. In time the light will flood your being shedding its glory into every dark corner in your mind. So the message is, stand on minus and plus and weigh them as it is in electricity. Stir things up. Activate the flow of electrons; for the truth is not one-sided, it stands in between. But in order to grasp it you must be free. So what God is calling us to is an individual and personal walk with Him. We've been indoctrinated with generalities, but the mistakes, which these indoctrinations have made, must be corrected. Teaching about the body of Christ, ear, foot, hand or nose ... is okay, but what was left out is the personal accountability, which Paul also teaches. No Pastor will stand before God and answer for each sheep just because he was in charge. So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God (Romans 14:12). And that was in the context of not judging each other, which Romans 14:14 explains, I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. The same goes for man's long or short hair, music types, foods, keeping holidays etc. Individual conviction and individual accountability. Apparently, church leaders could not, and would not, trust - perhaps in their own estimation - dumb sheep and hence they treat the sheep like dummies. This has stifled the proper spiritual education. When you approach things fearfully and distrustfully you will produce the same in people. As a result people are so careful and cautious that they do not even trust themselves, hence they have a fear of the complete freedom. Freedom is not taught for fear that people would mishandle it. That also means that they are

IMPRISONED FREEDOM

Page 6

J. Luxum

robbing people of the Holy Spirit's Freedom. This is about to change today. THE TRUTH STILL MAKES US FREE Now the Lord (Jesus) is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (2 Corinthians 3:17). Jesus is one Spirit with the Father who Himself is Spirit, and the Holy Spirit. One Spirit. This wonderful Spirit wants us to be free, which means, not conservative, indoctrinated, backward, dwelling in the past, bound with man's doctrines, which are stuck in time without any progress... the list is long. What He wants from us is joy, leap forward, exploration - exactly like children do for they ask endless questions, they explore life - we are exploring the spiritual life without any limitations. Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 18:3).

PR EFAC E

his book is about the supernatural peace of which Jesus frequently spoke. My peace I give to you not as this world gives. (John 14:27; 16:33) Whats so special about this peace since He made a point by emphasizing His kind of peace? He made still a much stronger case when He said that in the world we have tribulations and turmoil, but He had overcome this world. So how did He overcome this world?

Angels proclaimed the birth of Jesus Christ with these words, Peace on Earth and good will toward man (Luke 2) and yet we have no lasting peace. What sort of a peace did the angels proclaim? Page 7 Jesus stated in IMPRISONED FREEDOM Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers for they J. Luxum shall be called sons of God. In Luke 13:20-21 Jesus compared Gods kingdom to a leaven that causes expansion of the lump and in turn the

IMPRISONED BY FREEDOM

n this sequel: it is our responsibility to loose people up and unbind them. Jesus only raises us from the dead, but our job is to make people free and not bind them again to our ways or doctrines or limited thoughts. The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, Unbind him, and let him go (John 11:44).

Freedom is the most precious commodity and it is being entrusted to you and me, but do you sufficiently trust yourself in handling freedom? WHAT IS REEDOM? 1. Freedom is space in which one is able to choose and choose wisely. 2. Its an endlessness of possibilities. 3. It is the absence of oppression, repression and self-oppression.

IMPRISONED FREEDOM

Page 8

J. Luxum

4. Freedom is light, thats why we sleep during the night and wake up to light. 5. Freedom is of the truth, which comes from limitless and boundless realm. 6. Freedom is the true happiness in which growth, development and prosperity is not only possible, but is abundantly available. 7. Freedom holds no secrets, no illusion, which in turn produces insinuations, guessing, accusations and false assumptions. Therefore, freedom is the truth itself. THE MISSION OF FREEDOM Since time immemorial man has struggled with freedom and its true mission on earth. The hunter and the hunted, the hunter takes an animals freedom away while the prey runs for its dear life into freedom. The hunter can relent and offer freedom to the creature that desires it so much, or he keeps stalking it until he kills it. This picture gives us an idea as to what really resides in us in reference to human relations in the overall society, in politics, business and even religion. Shrinking opportunities in earning money have something to do with human thinking. Limiting freedom to others because I must have the most is a common mentality. In a group of brokers and any deal facilitators this is most evident. Each tries to chew the other out, just to get the biggest percentage, even all, never realizing that by this selfish maneuvering that guy shoots himself in a foot. By depriving others of freedom, which graciousness provides, one also imprisons his freedom. By graciously providing freedom to others one is blessed in return, for space produces more space. THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES It seems that in the land of opportunities, as America is still being called, the Rockefellers, Bill Gates and Warren Buffets have achieved the unimaginable; they have more money than the US Government for thats the optimal governorship; big business - small government. Imagine, the wealth they have amassed they must leave to another, but will the next steward be careless or prudent? Will one sit on this wealth or will he or she use it to open a way for others to prosper? Will they give freedom or use the money power to restrict it. These questions veer on the pivot of freedom or bondage, open thinking or conservatism. Time keeps ticking on the clock of earths history; it does not go backward but forward. Earths population is growing. People long for peace and prosperity and build better future for their children, these are just normal human desires, but above them all is the new thought, free and glorious, yet I feel restricted in many ways to say it. For those in bondage would spare no time to attack me and label me with their imprisoned-to-self opinions. I hesitate to give all that I know and experience, because there is no freedom. SLAVE & CONCENTRATION CAMPS People are in different slave or concentration camps, doctrines and denominations, because they do not trust themselves to think freely and independently. They have labeled themselves and stick to it more than the label sticks to them, a god or an idol. Self-definitions are not more than selfimprisonments. THE BUSINESS OF POLITICS A politician is after election, but his opponent is after the same, so the fight is to make people believe in one, but not the other. In order to accomplish it one must sell his ideas well and better than his opponent. In this process we gage the scope of expertise, abilities, prowess, wisdom, looks, presentation, and to some extent street-smartness. This entire play is over his or her freedom and

IMPRISONED FREEDOM

Page 9

J. Luxum

how one uses that freedom a word most powerful. If a political candidate is not free himself then he will appeal to those of similar kind. However, if he displays too much of freethinking he may be deemed as being dangerous; such is often labeled a liberal leftist and cant be trusted. Why? People do not really trust themselves with freedom; they need conservatism, which narrowly defines their views and them. CONSERVATIVES & LIBERALS Politically speaking, to the Pharisees, Jesus wouldve been labeled a liberal, since He so often spoke about freedom. The Pharisees did not trust themselves and even much less the people. Sadly, thats the power of a religious indoctrination. [John 7:48-49] No one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed. They could not believe in Jesus for He was not their kind, and thats conservatism. And since Jesus did not sit with them in the same conserve, but His mission was to set the captives free (Isaiah 61:13) they hated him for it. [Read, Luke 6:6-11; John 7:40-49]. They knew nothing about freedom for they were themselves put into this bondage and could not come out of it. The same tendencies we witness also today. This accursed crowd as they called it, God loves; thats the reason why He had sent to them His great liberator. God hates oppression to this very day. The word conservatism comes from the word to conserve. In many ways I am also a conservative because I preserve certain values as precious and unchangeable like Gods love is unchangeable, His power, His salvation through Jesus Christ, the sacrifice on the cross, these will never change, but what changes is the scope of understanding. Conservatism tends to narrow things down while liberty (not to be confused with liberalism) widens our views. Jesus said that the way that leads to life is narrow but not stale or conservative. [Matthew 7:13-14] Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. THE NARROW GATE THAT LEADS TO LIFE Does He speak about a dogma or about life? What life? Life is endless. Imagine an endlessly huge balloon, but it has a vent and that vent is rather small. Put a little green pea in your mouth and inflate the balloon, then let that green pea come in and bounce around inside the balloon. In John 3:8 Jesus spoke of being born of the Spirit and no one knows where one comes from and where one is going, why? Because one is in that balloon which Gods RUACH (Hebrew: wind or Spirit, or Greek: PNEUMA) propelled into this brand new realm. One can speak from this enormous realm of freedom and yet no one can understand it unless one takes the same course and is also propelled by Gods Spirit into the same realm. The narrow gate and narrow way represent the key that opens a lock. It is the law of purity and love for the Creator. Anyone walking according to this law will become like Enoch who had restricted himself to purity; in the midst of gross impurity; and to loving God and the fellowman in the midst of hatred and brute violence. Enoch was a true peacemaker and God loved him. Enoch entered through that narrow gate, which he himself chose. That means he trusted himself to the point of

IMPRISONED FREEDOM

Page 10

J. Luxum

handling that freedom (which was his) with understanding, knowledge and wisdom; thus one sacrifices the fleshly nature. WISDOM VINDICATED BY DEEDS Wisdom is not head knowledge; wisdom is a practice of what one knows. A wise man builds his house upon a rock; he knew that floods and storms come and that his house has to have a strong foundation. The unwise man had the same knowledge, but no wisdom, for he built his house on sand. Both houses went through the tests and only one survived; hence, the man who acted prudently was called wise. People who are not interested in the spiritual knowledge of God the Spiritwho has no form, no image or anything that might physically resemble His creation on this planetgrope in darkness.

If God could have been portrayed with anything He made then He would be a created god and not the Creator. If physical things could define Him then we would not talk about freedom here or the truth for that matter.
Now, see whats taking place in your thinking processes as you follow this train of thought. See how it liberates you? It makes you sail like a boat whose anchor was just brought up onboard. So dont try to define God with theology or your own religious imaginations no matter how grandin your own estimationthese imaginations might be. If you try to define God then you actually rob Him of His glory. If you try to define Him with your limited yet proud ways then you rob Him and also imprison yourself to self. Learn from Him. Study Him. Seek Him. Go wild for the Father of all life. Get ecstatic about fathoming Him and His special ways. Discover Him, not just worship and adore Him, blindly, fearfully or ignorantly. PAGAN WORSHIP OF A JEWISH DIETY Pagans worshipped gods of sun, water, wind and thunder and many others because they only thought about their survival and prosperity. They feared those invented gods. They adored them; built temples for them; bowed before them and practiced all sorts of rituals just to please them. When the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was discovered and introduced to the nations; they, with their old habits tried to do the same to the new God, but since He is invisible they had a little problem with that. They saw sun, felt wind, and rain, but this God they could not feel so with their natural old tendencies they had to have a human god. Out of Jesus (the Jew) they made a statue and keep on doing exactly the same as their predecessors did. There is only one difference, they are afraid of the God of Wrath, the God of the Jews, and adore the God of their own belief, which is better than the Jewish belief. (A psychological bind.) Its like a political or business competition. Some go as far as citing this verse, so much the more also Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant (Hebrews 7:22). The basic rationale tells them that since we believe in Jesus and they (the Jews) dont, we are better; also from this comes the replacement theology, as if God is too small and the space is too restricted so that we cant share. One camp solidified itself (the Jews) and the other (Christianity) kept on building cathedrals and monuments with rituals and sacraments. But even then conservatism does not permit the religious pride to come down. It seems that supremacy rules.

IMPRISONED FREEDOM

Page 11

J. Luxum

BETTER COVENANT What the author of the Letter to the Hebrews actually says is that the new extensionof the old covenant made with Abraham and then with Israelis better. There are no two covenants with one God, but one, because He is one. God always makes things better; hence we also grow and attain perfection, (Matthew 5:48; Ephesians 4:11-13). Jesus told the Samaritan woman (John 4:22) that salvation is from the Jews not just from Jesus Christ alone, which pagans have sort of hijacked and made him their own. It includes the story of Adam and Eve, Abraham, Moses and the prophets and then finally the cream on a cakeJesus. This stealing of freedom through indoctrination is sinful. On one hand people are obsessed with sin, not even knowing what sin really is, and on the other they sin against each other by hurting, condemning and eliminating others from their holy ranks. GREEN PASTURES & WATERS OVERFLOWING Those luscious green pastures and overflowing waters of Psalm 23, do not belong at funerals; its too late by then. This Psalm is so piously recited while the casket is lowered into the ground. This Psalm speaks of freedom. It belongs to the now and for the now living. This freedom restriction is wicked, but it is practiced in the name of self-righteous piety, for people do not trust themselves, neither each other. Grace and mercy play a role in our overall behavior; hence, it seems that God toys with us a bit; and while He does He also tests us. Are we in the business of restricting freedom or rather creating and giving freedom? Do we limit opportunities and space, or we broaden them? No matter how we go about it freedom is under fire. Definitions attack freedom and restrict our space, which grace represents. IMPRISONED FREEDOM This brings us to the point of being imprisoned by freedom. You do not need to be a genius to figure that one out. Uneducated in spiritual things people, like the hippies in 1960s and 70s went for the sexual freedom. Drugs and free living in communes without a care led to imprisonments. Hallucinating is not freedom, sexual gratification needs to be repeated, and so do drugs. Soon, barefooted beggars with trembling hands begged for pennies for a cup of coffee. Venereal diseases ravaged young bodies to the beats of rock music. Others jumped off buildings, off bridges or drugoverdosed that kind of freedom imprisoned them. Why? They knew no freedom and sought not the TRUE FREEDOM. Only the heavenly truthcoming from the limitless realmcan make you truly free. No other freedom is available out there, but only counterfeits. Outside of Gods truth only counterfeits are available and there are plenty of them, for wide is the way that leads not to life, but its destruction. FREEDOM & LIFE A blind belief in Jesus is not enough. Religion alone is not enough. Going to church, hearing a sermon, catechism or taking the holy communion, none of these things bring the true freedom, for Jesus said, If you CONTINUE in My word then (John 8:31-32).

IMPRISONED FREEDOM

Page 12

J. Luxum

If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. A few verses later He said, [43] Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word. Jesus no longer pleads as if asking for reason, but closes His discourse by simply saying something like this: SEEK UNTIL YOU FIND. [51] Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death. Jesus no longer pleads but closes the chapter by simply saying, seek until you find. Do you trust yourself, or rather the Spirit of Truth within you? If you do you will not sin against your (own) body, which is not yours, but His temple, or at least it supposed to be. You will not harm it in any way, but if you do then repent being conscious of your body's sanctity. You will know your limit in food and drink, in word and emotion, for sin is the way of pain. Avoid it. The moment you trust Him you are free, and He wants you to be free in every way. By being enslaved to His ways only I find the true freedom, for only in His ways is the true wisdom. The loss of my life equals the finding of life. Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it (Luke 17:33).

IMPRISONED FREEDOM

Page 13

J. Luxum