| Proclamations of Faith |
| by David A. DePra |
| Regarding Christian Liberty: |
| A Christian is to be a slave to no man, but servant to all. |
| Never say you must submit to any human leadership in order |
| to be right with God. Submit to God, and you will be right with |
| every order under Him. |
| The moment I say that God will not work with me except through |
| human authority, I am repeating the error of infallibility which has |
| permeated the church for two thousand years. |
| Jesus never tells us to merely serve. No. He tells us to BECOME |
| servants. He is talking about BEING, not merely DOING. |
| No one can become a servant the way Jesus means it without |
| dying the way Jesus died. |
| Christian liberty means what I do cannot disqualify me. But it |
| also means that what I do cannot qualify me. We often forget |
| the second part of this Truth. |
| The moment I believe I can earn anything from God -- by my |
| works, by my giving, by my faith, or by my righteousness -- I have |
| forfeited my Christian liberty for something less. |
| Christian liberty is only practiced if I freely give because I have |
| freely received. |