Absolute freedom: where can it be found?
Perfect liberty: where does it abound?
For the burdens of religion are beyond compare,
And the damage of lawlessness seems beyond repair,
Though the lures of religion pledge freedom from sin,
Good works cannot cleanse our corruption within,
Though lawlessness promises fun never-ending,
Its emptiness only leaves stains so condemning,
When our sins, desires, and guilt drag us down,
When defeat and temptations persist and abound,
There remains one hope so we may not drown,
Once we understand where it truly is found,
For our Creator, God Almighty, designed us with cause,
To bring glory to His name and receive His love without pause,
But sin wedged its way between Creator and creation,
When man chose his own way through evil’s manipulation,
From submission to God to enslavement to sin,
Humanity’s tradeoff led to corruption within,
No amount of human good could repair what had been lost,
For man was bound by sinful desires; spiritual death it caused,
But God so loved His wayward children, though they fell to sin,
That He desired to bare their burden to give them life again,
His Son had come to live the life that no man could ever bare,
To free all men from sin’s dark grasp, to escape its ruthless snare,
As God-Incarnate He came to earth as humanity’s only hope,
To free them from the spiritual death and lead them to heaven’s home,
For emancipation was His cause, hanging on Calvary’s Cross,
His sinless, precious flowing blood restored mankind’s great loss,
The sacrifice He made that day paid for every transgression,
The past, the present, the future, too; love’s greatest expression,
The weighty yoke of this weary world, Christ took and gave His own,
One that no longer weighed us down, nor one that we carried alone,
With Jesus Christ as our Savior, there is no greater master,
For while sin led us through painful roads, He leads us to green pasture,
The holy standards of our God, we alone cannot come close,
But with Christ as our great mediator, grace the Lord now shows,
As children of our holy God, His Spirit does He impart,
For though our sinful natures persist, His love will not depart,
As teacher, guide, and constant friend, His Spirit leads us in grace,
That our desires would align with His, and temptation would displace,
Absolute freedom: where can it be found?
Perfect liberty: where does it abound?
Apostle Paul tells in words so clear,
Freedom reigns when God’s Spirit is near.