As I have travelled at times over the years, I have noticed marked differences in senses of freedom, where some countries and areas in countries have it and others don’t. It is very noticeable to me that where there is the most freedom you find a greater adherence to spiritually charismatic forms of religion, of Christianity in particular. The gospel rings out loud and clear in those places. Elsewhere the religion is more formal and legalistic, with principles imposed by the letter of the law of those religions rather than welling up from within the adherents. Legalistic religion is the slave offspring of the Abrahamic faith, while the free offspring are those who embrace the living gospel and the water of life you get as a result, welling up in manifested outflows of gospel truth and worship of the One True God. It is a disgrace of a people for them to resist the true gospel and instead bind themselves to externally imposed constraints of the letter of a religious code. it is a glory of a people, often a poor demographic full of faith, to accept the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ and receive the Holy Spirit and let freedom flow from within.
