Acts 17:9 Then they made Jason and the others post bond and let them go. NIV
The similarity of being held captive by sin is a bondage, much like being placed in jail as Jason was here. Someone has to pay to set them free. Now Christ has paid the price and has set you free from this bondage. You are now at Salvation Station, your ticket has been punched, all you have to do is get on board the Jesus Train and begin that journey.
Yesterday I mentioned that those of us who are on the train are rejoicing at your ticket purchase and longing to see you get on board. You hear the conductor call out “All aboard” and you are still rejoicing over being set free. You did not focus on the invitation to get on board. Salvation Station is your symbol of freedom and you haven’t explored those feelings of freedom and all that means to you. You see Salvation Station as a destination and not the departure point for your next great adventure.
Salvation Station was never created as a place to abide in Christ. Another Jesus Train will be along at some time but until then, this Salvation Station is not the source of the abundant life promised to you John 10:10. Salvation Station is located in the world for ease of access to sinners.
Are you tempted to go back out into the world to explore your new found freedom?
Romans 6:13-15 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Get on board. Your journey has yet to begin.