Christ The Bondage Breaker

Psalm 119:30,32

I have chosen the way of truth (not Satan's lies)...you have set my heart free.

Psalm 146:7b-9

The Lord sets the prisoners free;

the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.

The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;

the Lord loves the righteous.

The Lord watches over the sojourners;

he upholds the widow and the fatherless.

Micah 2:13 (NASB)

The Breaker goes up before them; They break out, pass through the gate and go out by it. So their king goes on before them, And the LORD at their head.

Nahum 1:13 (The Lord) will break their yoke from your neck and tear your shackles away.

Luke 4:18, Isaiah 61:1

(The Lord)...has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoner...to release the oppressed...

C.H. Spurgeon on Micah 2:13 “The Breaker is come up before them.”

Inasmuch as Jesus has gone before us, things remain not as they would have been had he never passed that way. He has conquered every foe that obstructed the way. Cheer up now thou faint-hearted warrior. Not only has Christ travelled the road, but he has slain thine enemies. Dost thou dread sin? He has nailed it to his cross. Dost thou fear death? He has been the death of Death. Art thou afraid of hell? He has barred it against the advent of any of his children; they shall never see the gulf of perdition.

Whatever foes may be before the Christian, they are all overcome by the cross.

There are lions, but their teeth are broken; there are serpents, but their fangs are extracted; there are rivers, but they are bridged or fordable; there are flames, but we wear that matchless garment which renders us invulnerable to fire. The sword that has been forged against us is already blunted; the instruments of war which the enemy is preparing have already lost their point. God has taken away in the person of Christ all the power that anything can have to destroy us.

You may go joyously along your journey, for all your enemies are conquered beforehand. What shall you do but march on to take the victory? They are beaten, they are vanquished; all you have to do is to divide the spoil. You shall, it is true, often engage in combat; but your fight shall be with a vanquished foe. His head is broken (Genesis 3:15); he may injure you, but his strength shall not be sufficient for his malicious design. Your victory shall be sure, and your treasure in heaven shall be beyond all count.

“Proclaim aloud the Saviour’s fame,

Who bears the Breaker’s wond’rous name;

Sweet name; and it becomes him well,

Who breaks down earth, sin, death, and hell.”

Alexander Maclaren

He crowns all His other work by this, that having broken the prison-house of our sins, and opened for us the way to God, and been the leader and the captain of our march through all the pilgrimage of life, and the opener of the gate of the grave for our joyful resurrection, and the opener of the gate of heaven for our triumphal entrance, He will still as the Lamb that is in the midst of the Throne, go before us, and lead us into green pastures and by the still waters, and this shall be the description of the growing blessedness and power of the saints' life above, "These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth" (Revelation 14:4).

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Spiritual Depression

The way to get rid of the spirit of bondage and fear is to know that, if you are a child of God, you are destined for heaven and for glory, and that all the things you see inside yourself and outside yourself cannot prevent that plan from being carried out. There is nothing that is so calculated to promote holiness as the realization that we are heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, (Romans 8:17) that our destiny is certain and secure, that nothing can prevent it. You have received the Holy Spirit...You belong to Christ, you are His brother...Do not worry about what you feel. The truth about you is glorious. If you are in Christ, rise to it 'o'er sin and fear and care'.

"Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken", Henry Francis Lyte, 1825

Take, my soul, thy full salvation,

rise o'er sin and fear and care;

joy to find in ev'ry station

something still to do or bear;

think what Spirit dwells within thee,

what a Father's smile is thine,

what a Savior died to win thee:

child of heav'n, shouldst thou repine?

"Who You Say I Am" Hillsong Worship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKw6uqtGFfo

John 8:36 "If you are free in Christ you are free indeed"