"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To preach deliverance to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed." Luke 4:18

'...To set at liberty...'
Liberty! What a wonderful state of being when lived in a rightly manner.
Some would use liberty as license, but those who are led by the Holy Spirit know the freedom of His control in their lives. When I think of liberty and license, I think of Galatians chapter 5 and the Apostle Paul's
warning:
"Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Vs. 1 "For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another." Vs. 13

Paul continues:
"I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another..." Vs. 16-17

Of this spiritual liberty we see in our opening verse that it is the mission of Christ to proclaim -- He was anointed to do so. Concerning spiritual liberty Scripture tells us, *Truth is the instrument of this freedom we have:
Jesus speaking, "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:32 (We all know John 14:6, "Jesus said to him (Thomas), 'I am the way, the truth, and the life...'")

*The new law of life sets us free:
"For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death." Romans 8:2

*The presence of the Spirit secures our liberty:
"Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty." 2 Corinthians 3:17

Lets look once again in Galatians 5. The practice of liberty is to love one another as we see in the last part of Vs. 13, '...but through love serve one another.'

Brotherly love is,
*Unselfish:
"...You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Matthew 22:39

*Proof of discipleship:
Jesus speaking, "By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." John 13:35

*The standard of Christ's love:
"This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you."
John 15:12

*Sincere:
"Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good."
Romans 12:9

*Abounding:
"And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you." 1 Thessalonians 3:12

*Fervent:
"Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart." 1 Peter: 1:22

So let us live in the Spirit and allow Him to develop in us His fruit for, "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law." Galatians 5:22-23

Rejoice, stand fast in the truth and freedom which is ours in Christ Jesus our Lord! All praise and honor to Him! Amen