Lev 25:10 ye shall proclaim in the land to all its
Psa 119:45 I will walk in it, because I have sought your
Isa 61:1 to publish the captives, and the prisoners
Jer 34:8 made a covenant with .. to promulgate to them l
Jer 34:17 I promulgate him, saith the Lord, to the sword
Luk 4:18 the captives .. in the oppressed
Act 7:25 that God would give them by his hand
Act 24:23 that some l be granted him, and that he not
Act 26:32 could this man be put in it, if not
Rom 8:21 to the glorious l of the sons of God
1Co 8:9 l yours does not become a stumbling block
1Co 10:29 why should my l be judged by the
2Co 3:17 and where the Spirit of the .. there is l
Gal 2:4 spy out our l that we have in Christ
Gal 5:1 firm in the l with which Christ made us
Phm 1:8 I have much l in Christ to send you
Heb 10:19 l to enter the Holy of Holies
Heb 13:23 which is in our brother Timothy
Jam 1:25 that looks into the perfect law, that of the l, and
Jam 2:12 ye shall be judged by the law of the l
1Pe 2:16 those who have the l as a pretext for
2Pe 2:19 promise him, and are themselves slaves
In the Bible it is a concept that has First, a negative aspect referring to the liberation of something that enslaves preventing the enjoyment of its Creator and, second, a positive aspect that makes the free man find the joy of living with God in communion, and receive divine blessings.
In politics the opposite of l. It is servitude or slavery. The chosen people were freed and redeemed from Egyptian slavery, Ex 3, 7; 5, 5; Dt 15, 15. In the NT, l. it means independence from other men, and also, mastery and overcoming of one’s own impulses in liberation from sin, Mt 6, 13; Jn 8, 31-36; Rom 6, 18-23; Tt 2, 14; of death as the wages of sin, Rm 6, 23; Jn 8, 34; 1 Co 15, 56, and the old testament law, Acts 15, 10; Rm 7, 6. The l. it is based on the dominion of the flesh and the spirit, Rm 8, 13; 2 Cor 3, 17; Rom 8, 5-9. Knowing the truth makes possible the l., Jn 8, 32. The l. it is not achieved if one tries to live without God or against God, Rom 1, 18-3, 20; Rom 5, 12-17. the l it is life in Christ at the service of God, Ga 4, 31; 1 P 2, 16, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere charity, in the word of truth 2 Cor 6, 6-7. He who attends to the perfect law of freedom and remains steadfast in complying with it, will be happy St 1, 25.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
Freedom, the opposite of servitude or slavery whether physical, moral or spiritual. The term is used when freeing slaves or captives from physical servitude or imprisonment (Lev 25:10; Jer 34:8, Jer 34:15-17; Eze 46:17; Act 26:23; Heb 13:23), or by granting certain privileges to someone who is imprisoned (Act 24:23; Act 27:3). Freedom from ceremonial law (Gal 5:1; Gal 2:4) is to be cherished and protected. The essence of Christian freedom is not based on external freedom but on rescue from the slavery of sin and the internal corruption to which it leads (John 8:34-36; Rom 6:20-22).
Spiritual freedom is the result of the regeneration work of the Spirit, because his presence and interior work produces freedom (2Co 3:17), giving an awareness of freedom through a filial relationship with God (Rom 8:15-16) . Devout OT men had a measure of this spiritual freedom (Psa 119:45), but the gospel reveals and offers it in full. Believers are warned about the abuse of liberty that manifests itself in sinful indulgence (Gal 5:13; 1Pe 2:16; 2Pe 2:19); conduct and speech are to be judged by the law of liberty (Jam 2:12), which has superseded the old law.
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
Natural faculty of man, which allows him to do good
Evil, so he is responsible for his actions. Animals do not have “freedom”, they act by “instinct”, all bees make the same honeycomb!, so they are not responsible for their actions.
Freedom of the Children of God: It is the ability to live in love, in faith in Christ Jesus, not me, but Christ who lives in me!: (Gal 2:20). It is the “freedom” of the one who is not “servant”, but “son”, therefore “owner” of the house: (Rom 8:14-17).
Jesus redeemed us, set us free.
– From the dominion of sin, Joh 1:29, Joh 8:36, Rom. 6 and 7.
– From the control of Satan, Col 1:1314, Col 2:15, 1Jn 3:1-10, Acts 26:18.
– Of the Law, Ga.3, Col 2:14.
– From fear, from the second death and from the future judgment, Mat 6:25-33, Mat 8:26, Mat 10:30-31, Luc 12:32, 1Jn 4:18, Rom 8:15, Jua 5: 24, Joh 8:51, Rom 6:9, Rom 6:23, Rom 8:2, Rev 2:11, Joh 3:18, 1Jn 4:17, Mat 25:31-46.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
http://bible.com/dictionary/
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
The Hebrew term hopshit is translated as l. or †œfree† (†œ… six years will serve; but on the seventh he will be free† ). The feminine hupsha is used once in Lev 19:20 († œ…if she were not ransomed, nor was the l…. † given to her). The word is used as the antithesis of slavery, it is not being under oppression. It was also applied to a person who was released from the obligation to pay taxes, which was the offer that was made for the one who faced † ¢ Goliath († œ… the king… will exempt from taxes the house of his father in Israel †). Another term was deror, related to the liberation of the slaves in the † ¢ jubilee († œ… and ye shall proclaim l. In the land to all the inhabitants of it †). In Isa 61:1 it is also used as an antithesis to slavery (“…he has sent me…to publish l. to the captives, and to the prisoners opening the prison† ). A prisoner of war, if someone took her for a woman and then didn’t like her, she was to be put on him. (Deu 21:14). It is noteworthy that the term l. it is not used in connection with the exodus. The idea, however, is linked to that event in a very special way, since it is repeatedly said that God † œdelivered † his people (Exo 3: 8; Exo 5:23; Exo 6: 6, etc.) . The terms in which the l. of the people of Israel do not consist in the exercise of disorderly conduct. Quite the contrary. God had delivered him from Egypt to serve him. It is in obedience to the covenant that true self was achieved.
In the NT the Greek word is eleuteria, equivalent to l. Or in its verbal form eleuteroo. The popular connotation of the term related it more to the political sense. The Jews spoke of him. to signal Israel’s desire to see itself free from oppression by foreign powers. The fight of the †¢Maccabees in previous times and that of the †¢zealots was directed to achieve the l. in that sense. In the synoptic Gospels it appears only once, in Mat 17:26, speaking of being free from the obligation to pay taxes (“Then the children are exempt”). But in Jua 8: 32-36 the discussion of the Lord Jesus with the Jews is recorded, where he tells them: “If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” These words, speaking of being “truly free,” imply that there is a l. which is false. The popular concept that being free consists of “doing what one wants, where one wants, how one wants, when one wants”, is licentiousness, a satanic thing. . The Lord frees man to become a servant of justice.
Free from sin. The term i. it is never used in the NT in the political sense applied to it today. The Lord Jesus was not a Messiah sent for that. “The glorious liberty of the sons of God” is something else (Rom 8:21). Men without God are slaves to sin, because “everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin” (John 8:34). It is in relation to these situations that the Messianic promise appears: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to preach glad tidings to the downtrodden… to proclaim liberty to the captives, and to the prisoners opening of the prison † (Isa 61:1). The Lord Jesus died on the cross to obtain this liberation (“he appeared to take away our sins”). Once “delivered from sin”, believers become “servants of righteousness” (Rom 6:18).
Free from death. “Death reigned reigned” (Rom 5:14). “It is appointed for men to die” (Heb 9:27). This terrible condemnation, from which no one escaped, came to be broken through the gospel, because the Lord Jesus “has abolished death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” (2Ti 1:10). In this way he managed to save believers from a harsh servitude († œ… and free all those who through fear of death were subject to servitude throughout their lives †).
Free from Satan. The devil holds unbelievers prisoner through the chains of sin. Therefore, they need to be freed from “the snare of the devil, in which they are held captive at his will” (2Ti 2:26), but “for this the Son of God appeared, that he might destroy the works of the devil” (1Jn 3: 8). God, then, “has delivered us from the power of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son” (Col 1:13).
Free from the law. Also the Lord Jesus freed us from the law. Today it is difficult for us to imagine what this meant for those who had to live under the rule of the law of Moses. The enormous number of statutes and laws that regulated people’s lives was, in reality, unbearable. Peter spoke of that situation saying that it was “a yoke that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear” (Acts 15:10). Paul calls it a bondage (“…we were in bondage under the rudiments of the world”). But the proclamation of the gospel, which offers justification by faith and not by works, brought a broad sense of l. It is true that since the beginning of Christianity there have been attempts to lock believers into molds of legalism, but Scripture exhorts us to remain “steadfast in the l. that Christ has set us free† and never again to be “subject to a yoke of slavery” (Gal 5:1). The Epistle to the †¢Galatians arose precisely to emphasize this truth to the believers of that region, among whom some people had infiltrated who taught that one had to submit to the fulfillment of the law of Moses to be saved.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
type, type
see, ELECTION, PREDESTINATION, WILL, JUSTIFICATION
vet, In addition to the common application of this term, it is used in the Scriptures in a symbolic way as: (a) the freedom obtained by Christ for those who were captives of Satan (Is. 61:1; Lk. 4:18; Jn 8:36). (b) The freedom that comes to having a conscience free from all guilt, illustrated by the words that the Lord addressed to several: “Your sins are forgiven you, go in peace.” (c) The condition of being free from the Law, etc.: “Stand fast therefore in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with the yoke of slavery” (Gal. 5:1; cf. Rom 7:24, 25). (d) The freedom that the Christian acquires from the power of sin by dying with Christ (cf. Rom. 6:8-22); to the…