Manna in the Morning

“It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” (Gal. 5:1) Paul wrote those words to Christians who were on the verge of placing themselves under slavery to the Old Covenant Law again. They were forgetting about the promise of freedom they had received through Christ. In John Bunyan’s Pilgrim's Progress, Christian and Hopeful are imprisoned in the Doubting Castle of Giant Despair. All attempts to escape have failed. Finally, just as the two are about to give up, Christian makes an amazing discovery. “What a fool I am,” he declares, “to lie in a stinking dungeon when I may as well walk at liberty! I have a key in my bosom called Promise that will open any lock in Doubting Castle.” The Good News is that the promise of freedom from slavery to sin is readily available through Jesus Christ... He is our Promise... our Gift... our Hope!