So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.John 8:36

The gospel is so simple that even a child can grasp it; yet it is so profound that the most intelligent often miss it. We are saved and set free from from the bondage of sin by faith in the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. It is the same old story, but with those who have ears to hear it, it is new and refreshing every day. We are all effected daily by the culture that we live in; from off color comments to complaining, from temptations to catastrophic news, it is easy to fall under the sway of this world. The new old story found in the gospel will cleanse us and settle us, there is life and power in the word of God. Here is how Martin Luther explained it in his day.

“True freedom is being free from sin. How does this happen? It happens when we hear his Word—Christ was born of Mary, suffered, was crucified, died, was buried, and rose again from the dead on the third day. “Oh,” we might say, “I know that message well. It is a very familiar sermon.” But let’s learn this lesson again from our children, for it tells us how we can be saved and be set free. “Yes,” we might even say, “This teaching is too simple. That’s why it won’t work.” But it’s a virtue that children can pray these words and understand them so easily. We are old fools. The more educated and intelligent we become, the less we know and understand.

So we must sit with the children by the stove and learn the lesson again. There are some who say they have already been taught the message and think they know everything about it. But when troubles come, they desperately need someone to recite these words to them again. They end up needing a four-year-old child to show them how to believe.”

So maybe you are down in the dumps or struggling with compromise and sin. The solution is the same as it has been from ancient days, look to God’s word. It may be old fashioned but it is alive and as new today as it was when it was first written down. Delight yourself in His word, you will suddenly have a new way to look at everything.