True Liberty in Christ
True Liberty in Christ
Speaker: The Rev. Nathan Stomberg
Sermon given by the Rev. Nathan Stomberg on 4 Pentecost (Independence Day Observed, 7/3/2022).
What is commonly understood and fought for as liberty today is in fact libertinism. A “libertine” is “a person devoid of most moral principles, a sense of responsibility, or sexual restraints, which are seen as unnecessary or undesirable, especially someone who ignores or even spurns accepted morals and forms of behavior sanctified by the larger society.”
Saint Paul gives us a different definition of liberty. In his letter to Galatians, he writes, “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me” (Galatians 2:20). Listen as the Rector discusses the true nature of liberty.
Readings: Deuteronomy 10:17-21; Psalm 145:1-9; Hebrews 11:8-16; Matthew 5:43-48