Discipleship in 3D (Part 2 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 24 February 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Freedom is often seen as the absence of restrictions—the liberty to think, speak, and act without restraint. On Truth For Life, Alistair Begg explains why Christian freedom is expressed in obedience to commandments and defined by persistent diligence.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you. People often think freedom means the absence of restrictions, the liberty to think and speak and act without restraint. |
| 0:35.0 | Today on Truth for Life, Alistair Begg explains why Christian freedom is expressed |
| 0:40.6 | in joyful obedience to the commands of Christ. Like a hardworking farmer, true freedom is |
| 0:46.8 | defined in persistent diligence. |
| 1:03.6 | Second Timothy chapter 2 and verse 3. Paul writes, share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. |
| 1:14.9 | No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of |
| 1:21.4 | the crops. Think over what I am saying, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. Father, do help us just in |
| 1:31.4 | these brief moments. Grant to us clarity and faith, we pray. In Christ's name, amen. We said that |
| 1:41.9 | the exhortations or these designations on the part of Paul need to be understood |
| 1:48.6 | in light of what he has reminded Timothy of in the opening verse, namely that his strength comes from |
| 1:57.1 | the grace that is in Christ Jesus. So it is on the basis of his life in Christ and the grace |
| 2:05.9 | of Christ and the strength that comes from Christ that these pictures are then to be responded |
| 2:14.2 | to and taken to heart and apply. And first we noted the devotion of the soldier who is in |
| 2:22.6 | submission to his commanding officer. And then we went on to consider the way in which the athlete |
| 2:31.5 | paid attention to the rules. And we were very clear about the fact, |
| 2:38.9 | at least we tried to be very clear about the fact, that the Christian is not under the law as a way of |
| 2:46.1 | salvation, but as a guide to conduct in life. |
| 2:51.6 | And I think it would be worth reiterating what I did in only one of the services. |
| 2:58.6 | Because there is in the minds of people confusion regarding the place of the law in the life of the Christian, |
| 3:06.6 | and it is a matter of debate, |
| 3:08.7 | even in evangelical circles. My position is pretty clear and has been throughout, namely that |
| 3:15.8 | the law of God sends us to Christ in order that we might be saved, and that Christ returns us to |
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