A Groundwork for Freedom

It is Tuesday morning, 4th January, the year 2022, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

“But the just (the righteous) shall live by his faith.
Habakkuk 2:4

And the same scripture in Romans 1:17:

“The just shall live by faith.”

Now I can hear somebody say: “How do you get faith?” Well, Romans 10:17 says:

“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” -

By reading your Bible!
I heard a beautiful quote just yesterday written in the 1800s by an American reformer by the name of Horace Greeley. He said, and I am going to read it slowly:

“It is impossible to socially or mentally enslave a Bible-reading people. The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom.”

Isn’t that beautiful? So if you are full of fear this morning, then go to 2 Timothy 1:7, Jesus says: “I have not given you a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind.” You might be full of sin and saying, "I don’t know how to get rid of this sin in my life. I have made some terrible mistakes over this Christmas period. How do I deal with it?"

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
John 1:9

Do you see how the Bible is the key to setting us free? Maybe you are full of hatred. You have got anger in your heart and it is eating you up - How do I get rid of it? By love! The opposite of hatred is love.

“He who does not love does not know God”
1 John 4:8

But then if you want freedom like Horace Greeley was speaking about, freedom comes through the Bible.

“Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”
John 8:36

And now there might be some man who is going to put on his boots today, put on his jacket and go and look for a job, you are unemployed - Success comes through the Word of God.

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these (other) things shall be added to you.”
Matthew 6:33

I want to say to you that when I was actively farming (my boys are farming now) I would always say: "Boys, buy the best seed you can afford. It doesn’t matter how hard things are because when you put good seed into well-prepared soil, it is a winner.” When they go and buy a bull for their herd of beef cattle, I always say, “Buy a good bull. He is half the herd, don’t skimp."

Now, I want to say to you in closing, this year let us use the Word of God and that will keep us successful and at peace.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day!
Goodbye.