called to freedom, brethren” (Gal. 5:13), Paul exclaims.
“Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” (II Cor.
3:17).
Jesus did not say, “I came that you might have religion,
and practice it more faithfully,” or “I came that you might
have religion, and adhere to it more committedly,” or “I
came that you might have religion, and define it more
dogmatically,” or “I came that you might have religion, and
defend it more vehemently,” or “I came that you might
have religion, and thus behave more morally.” What Jesus
said was, “I came that you might have life, and have it
more abundantly” (John 10:10). The life that He came to
bring and express within us and through us is His life. “I
AM the way, the truth and the life,” declared Jesus to His
disciples (John 14:6). The apostle John wrote that “He that
has the Son has life; he that does not have the Son does not
have life” (I John 5:12). “Christ is our life,” is the phrase
Paul uses in writing to the Colossians (Col. 3:4), for
Christianity is not “religion,” but the life of Jesus Christ
expressed in receptive humanity.
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