To be truly free means to do the will of God; nothing more and certainly nothing less.
Tag: freedom
Freedom in Christ
We tend to associate holiness with moral rectitude. A holy person is a virtuous person. While holiness and virtue are related, we often misunderstand the relationship between them.
What is Freedom For?
When, as Orthodox Christians, we emphasize the importance of human freedom (and all the rights and privileges that we have come to expect as Americans) our concern is in defending is the ability of the soul to imitate either the Harlot or Judas. Human freedom is not for us an end in itself. It is rather for something.
Respecting Human Freedom
The cooperation of divine and human freedom is at the heart of Holy Week. How these work together is the great mystery of salvation (Ephesians 5:32). But God respects and waits on human freedom. God waits for our response to His invitation (Revelation 3:20).
Our Two Freedoms
Because inner freedom--what the text refers to as the ‘freedom of soul’--is what matters, I might wrongly think that political or soul freedom is unimportant.