This paper reminds us about the vocation of freedom which Christ calls upon us. It is the freedom of mind without any evil and egoism, from which all forms of enslavement we have heard so far originate. The letter to Galatians, the main support and source at giving our answers, bears the fundamental message of freedom, which is possible only in love, in Christ. This message is not only about Christians in Galatia who were living at the time of this letter’s author but it reaches people of all places and times. Each one of us experiences spiritual struggle that can only be ended by the graceful intercession of Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul thus wants to bring his brethren in Christ to the realization that they (no longer) need rigid rules of the law, but Christ and the life according to the gospel, which he brought along with the Holy Spirit, because God Himself, who is love, transcends or complements the old regulation. In the first chapter of this work, we reveal a broader conception of the biblical concept of freedom, and in the next three, we explore and treat Scripture in more detail under the concept of freedom, which, contrary to the false conception of the freedom of contemporaries, is presented by the apostle Paul in accordance with Christ's revelation. In the last, fifth chapter, we supplement the idea with the theological-philosophical concept of the renowned Christian thinkers concluded by proposing the challenges of modern times in order to make the struggle of Christians and all people for freedom and thus to become more successful in love.
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