> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://amemamem.com.br/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Freedom - URL: https://amemamem.com.br/en/freedom/ - Published: 2026-10-24T17:26:15.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-09T01:05:33.000Z - Description: The world is under the power of the Evil One. But the Son came to set us free. - Author: Airton Humber - Tags: #en, #de-a-liberdade **The world is under the power of the Evil One. But the Son came to set us free.** Whoever does not recognize his own slavery does not seek freedom. And whoever believes he is already free can remain enslaved without realizing it. Jesus told people who had believed in him that they would know the truth, and the truth would set them free. They answered that they were descendants of Abraham and had never been slaves of anyone. They did not recognize their own condition. Jesus then declared that everyone who lives sinning is a slave to sin. And he added: **If the Son sets you free, you will indeed be free.** --- ## The world under the power of the Evil One John says that the whole world is under the power of the Evil One. Paul explains that our struggle is not against human beings, but against powers, authorities and spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. And he also says that the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ. **Slavery can exist precisely where we believe we are free.** We can defend our beliefs with absolute conviction and, at the same time, be led by fear, pride, anger and hatred. We can know the Scriptures, profess the faith and not notice what governs our thoughts, words and actions. --- ## Deliverance Jesus prayed to the Father: **I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you deliver them from the Evil One.** He did not ask for his disciples to be taken out of the world. He asked that they be kept while they remained in it. And he said: **As the Father sent me, I send you.** Deliverance does not mean fleeing from the world, but living in it without remaining enslaved to what rules it. We can spend our whole lives contemplating Christ in Jesus, admiring his words, his teachings and his works, without realizing that he called us to follow him. Jesus did not say only that he was the way. He also called us to take up our own cross and follow him. **The risk is that we remain paralyzed before Christ in Jesus, without walking with him until Christ is formed in us.** This is not about diminishing what God accomplished through Jesus Christ, but about understanding the purpose of his work. Paul announced this mystery, hidden for generations and now revealed: **Christ in us, the hope of glory.** We were not called only to contemplate the life of Jesus, but to follow him, so that his life may also be manifested in us. --- ## The life Jesus came to give us Jesus announced: **I came that they may have life, and have it fully.** And Paul wrote: **You died, and now your life is hidden with Christ in God.** Taking up our own cross and following Jesus is not a path to lose life, but to find the life he came to give us. It is not an existence free of difficulties, but a life that is no longer governed by fear, pride, anger or deception. **Our life is hidden with Christ in God. And Christ in us is the hope of glory.** The freedom the Son brought us is the possibility of living this new life, led by the Spirit. --- ## God's rule in us In Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. And the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. We do not know the whole way in advance. Abraham set out by faith, not knowing where he was going. In the same way, we are called to trust in the Lord, without leaning only on our own understanding. **Faith allows us to walk even when our eyes cannot see the way.** And God works in us both to will and to act, according to his good purpose. The Kingdom of God is not simply a reality we wait for. His rule begins to be manifested in our lives through the work of the Spirit. **Christ in us, the hope of glory.** --- ## The freedom that is manifested through love Faith works through love. And the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. When we are opposed, offended or wronged, what governs us is manifested. We can react according to our impulses or remain attentive to the direction of the Spirit. This does not mean we will never err. It means we are no longer condemned to remain governed by the same reactions. **Freedom is manifested when love begins to govern our words and our actions.** That is why Paul wrote: **If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.** --- ## Until Christ is formed in us It is not enough to know the message of salvation. Paul wrote to people who had already received the gospel: **My children, I am again suffering the pains of childbirth for you, until Christ is formed in you.** Salvation is not only what we were set free from. It is also the life we were set free for. Not to be governed by fear, anger, pride or deception. But to live as children of God, led by the Spirit. **The world is under the power of the Evil One. But the Son came to set us free. And this freedom is manifested in us by the Spirit.** --- [↑ Back to the top](#topo-liberdade)