We Walk as Heirs of Freedom and Loose the Bound
We Walk as Heirs of Freedom and Loose the Bound declares that Christ in us manifests deliverance now and leaves no right for captivity to remain. We walk in the inheritance of His finished work, refuse every claim of bondage, and minister release with bold authority. We do not treat chains as permanent where Christ dwells. We walk as heirs, and we loose the bound now.
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Chapter 1: We Tread Down the Lie That Chains Can Stay
The first lie we crush is the lie that captivity can remain where Christ dwells. We do not bow to the report of bondage, torment, addiction, oppression, or inward pressure as though these things hold final authority. Christ in us is greater than every prison that speaks through habit, fear, darkness, or torment. We do not treat chains as ancient, stubborn, or entitled to stay. We do not call bondage strong when Christ is present in us now. Freedom is not distant from us. Freedom is the present life of Christ expressed through us, and captivity has no lawful place to remain where He lives.
We reject the claim that visible bondage proves lasting dominion. What is seen does not outrank who indwells us. Oppression may appear loud, but appearance does not govern truth. Christ governs truth, and Christ dwells in us now. We do not measure deliverance by the age of the struggle, the depth of the wound, or the number of failed attempts behind us. We measure all things by the finished work of Christ and by His present indwelling life. What tries to bind us or those before us does not possess the final word. We walk as heirs, and heirs do not negotiate with chains that Christ has already broken.
The lie of impossibility says some bondages are too deep, too repeated, too rooted, or too dark to yield. We answer that lie with Christ. What is impossible with man is not impossible where Christ lives. Jesus said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach deliverance to the captives” (Luke 4:18, KJV). That ministry does not end in Him as though it stays far above us. Christ dwells in us now, and His deliverance remains present in His body. We do not stand outside His life asking if freedom can come. We stand in His life declaring that captivity must leave.
We also reject the lie that captivity needs consent from time to depart. Bondage does not become permanent through repetition. Torment does not become rightful through familiarity. What returns often still has no covenant right to remain. We do not honor darkness because it has been around for years. We honor Christ. We do not speak as victims waiting for relief. We speak as heirs of freedom who carry the presence of the Deliverer. The inheritance we received in Christ is not partial, weak, or delayed. It includes liberty, soundness, clarity, and peace. Where His inheritance is present, illegitimate bondage is exposed, confronted, and driven out.
Religion often taught people to live beside chains while calling that patience. Fear often taught people to tolerate oppression while calling that wisdom. Reduced expectation trained many to believe that some forms of torment should be managed rather than expelled. We refuse that language. We do not manage what Christ came to destroy. Scripture says, “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8, KJV). We do not soften that word. We do not reinterpret destruction into coexistence. Christ in us does not share space with captivity as though darkness deserves accommodation. We speak from triumph, and we refuse agreement with bondage.
We walk with our feet shod in the readiness of this inheritance. We do not drag ourselves through the earth as though freedom belongs only to private thought. We carry liberty into rooms, homes, streets, conversations, and places where oppression tried to settle. We do not inherit defeat. We inherit the victory of Christ. Therefore we do not call the bound hopeless, unreachable, or fixed in chains. We do not call oppression normal. We call freedom lawful because Christ is lawful. We call deliverance present because Christ is present. Wherever we go, we do not arrive alone. The Deliverer walks in us, and His inheritance advances through us now.
So we begin here: captivity is a lie against the indwelling Christ. Every chain that speaks permanence speaks against the finished work. Every prison that claims residence where Christ dwells speaks without lawful authority. We do not grant legitimacy to what Christ has judged. We tread down the lie that chains can stay. We walk as heirs of freedom, and we loose the bound because Christ in us manifests deliverance now. We do not wait for darkness to become weaker before we speak. We speak because Christ is present now. We walk because His victory is ours now. We loose because bondage has no right to remain.
Chapter 2: We Refuse the Low Expectation That Leaves People Bound
We expose the reduced expectation that taught many to expect less than Christ where bondage is concerned. Religion often trained people to talk about freedom while excusing captivity in practice. Fear taught many to lower their voice before darkness, to speak cautiously around oppression, and to accept recurring bondage as though it were normal among us. We reject that entire system of thought. Christ in us does not produce low expectation. Christ in us does not teach us to tolerate chains while preaching victory in theory. We do not build doctrine around repeated disappointment. We build doctrine around Christ Himself, who remains unchanged, present, and fully greater than every work of darkness.
Low expectation often clothes itself in careful language, but its fruit is still unbelief. It says some people may remain bound for reasons too deep to confront. It says certain forms of torment should be carried instead of cast out. It says deliverance belongs to special moments, rare ministries, or unusual conditions rather than to the ordinary life of Christ expressed through us now. We refuse every one of those claims. We do not separate deliverance from daily union with Christ. We do not push freedom into a distant category reserved for exceptional cases. The Christ who dwells in us now is not reduced by routine settings, ordinary places, or repeated human need.
Tradition also trained many to respect bondage more than authority. It magnified symptoms, histories, and visible manifestations while shrinking the name of Jesus in practice. It spoke about demons, oppression, and captivity with more weight than it gave to the finished work of Christ. We overturn that imbalance. Jesus said, “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils” (Mark 16:17, KJV). We do not edit that into a weak suggestion. We do not move it into the past. We do not hand it to a select class of people. We receive it as present inheritance flowing from Christ through us now.
Fear also taught people to protect themselves from confrontation instead of walking as heirs of victory. It suggested that if bondage looks severe, then silence is wisdom. It suggested that if oppression shows itself forcefully, then retreat is maturity. We reject that false caution. Wisdom does not bow to darkness. Wisdom stands in Christ. We do not step back because chains rattle loudly. We do not lower the name of Jesus because oppression tries to display itself. We remember who dwells in us now. The One who triumphed openly over principalities and powers did not leave us to negotiate with darkness from a place of weakness. He lives in us as present victory.
Reduced expectation also entered through repeated explanations that normalized failure. Instead of confronting unbelief, many explained away the absence of freedom as though bondage were somehow protected from challenge. We refuse to preserve that language. We do not build a house for excuses. We do not keep a vocabulary that grants captivity more endurance than the Word of Christ grants freedom. Scripture says, “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed” (John 8:36, KJV). We do not reduce indeed into partial freedom, managed torment, or occasional relief. We receive freedom as a real and present expression of the Son Himself.
Where low expectation ruled, bold action often disappeared. People stopped asking directly, commanding clearly, and confronting bondage openly. They replaced Christ-centered authority with distance, hesitation, and analysis. We break that pattern now. We ask in faith because Christ is present. We speak directly because Christ is present. We confront captivity because Christ is present. We do not wait for the atmosphere to improve before we act. We do not wait for fear to disappear before we speak. We do not wait for a visible sign of weakness in darkness before we command it to leave. We stand in the strength of Christ Himself, not in the permission of appearance.
So we refuse the low expectation that leaves people bound. We refuse the traditions that tolerate what Christ destroys. We refuse the fear that tells us to honor oppression with silence. We refuse the theology that shrinks inheritance into rare events. Christ in us manifests deliverance now. Therefore we do not step into rooms expecting chains to stay. We do not minister as though freedom is difficult for Christ. We do not speak like people learning to accept defeat. We walk as heirs of victory and inheritance. We raise the standard of expectation back to Christ Himself, and we declare that the bound must not remain bound where He is present.
Chapter 3: We Stand as the Present Dwelling of Deliverance
We do not face bondage as isolated people trying to bring Christ near. We stand as the present dwelling of Christ Himself. This changes everything about deliverance. We are not asking a distant answer to cross a long distance and then decide whether to act. Christ is present in us now. Therefore deliverance is not external to us. Deliverance lives in us because Christ lives in us. We do not come before captivity as observers of power. We come as those in whom the Deliverer dwells. This is why we do not fear oppression, magnify darkness, or retreat before bondage. Christ in us is the present answer now.
Many errors begin when union is spoken of weakly. If union is treated as religious closeness instead of real indwelling life, then bold deliverance becomes difficult to speak with clarity. But we do not speak weakly about union. Christ is not merely near us, helping us from outside. Christ lives in us now. Scripture says, “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27, KJV). We receive that as present fact, not poetic language. The hope of glory is not postponed. The indwelling Christ is the living source of authority, liberty, and manifestation now. Therefore we do not approach chains as though we bring empty hands. We approach in union with Christ Himself.
Because Christ dwells in us, we do not call ourselves ordinary in the face of oppression. We do not say we are only human and therefore limited before darkness. That language denies union. We belong to Christ, and His life is in us now. We remain fully human, yet we are not separated from the indwelling Lord. We do not face bondage alone. We do not minister from mere human energy, confidence, or technique. We minister from Christ expressed through us. This is why deliverance is not spectacle, noise, or pressure. Deliverance is Christ manifesting His victory through His body. When we stand, He is not absent. He is present in us now.
This is also why fear loses its argument. Fear speaks as though we are exposed, unsupported, and uncertain before the powers of darkness. Union answers fear immediately. We are not unsupported. We are indwelt. We are not uncertain. Christ is settled in us. We are not exposed to darkness without answer. The answer lives within us now. Jesus said, “I am the vine, ye are the branches” (John 15:5, KJV). We do not hear that as mere illustration without force. We hear abiding union. The life in the branch is the life of the vine. Therefore what flows through us is not separate power. It is Christ Himself expressing His life through us.
Because we are the present dwelling of deliverance, we do not speak timidly about freedom. We do not say that liberty may be available somewhere, sometime, under the right conditions. We say Christ is present now. We say the Deliverer is present now. We say captivity faces the indwelling Christ when it faces us. We say chains do not confront empty speech when we command in His name. They confront the manifested authority of Christ through us. This keeps us from pride and from passivity at the same time. We are not the source, so we do not boast. Christ is the source, so we do not hesitate. Union destroys both pride and fear.
This truth also keeps ministry simple and direct. We do not need complicated systems to explain why freedom belongs here and now. We do not need to invent distance to make deliverance seem mysterious. Christ in us is enough. The indwelling Lord is not incomplete, partial, or waiting for stronger conditions before He acts. He is present now in full authority and finished work. Therefore we do not stand before bondage hoping we can persuade heaven to become involved. Heaven already dwells in us through Christ. The kingdom is not withheld from union. The kingdom is expressed through union. Deliverance is the fruit of that present and living reality.
So we stand as the present dwelling of deliverance. We do not look away from union when bondage appears. We look more directly at Christ in us. We do not call captivity impressive when Christ is indwelling us now. We do not call oppression strong when the Deliverer is present. We are not empty vessels waiting for occasional visitation. We are the present dwelling of Christ. Therefore we speak, command, lay hands, and minister release from a settled place. We stand in union, and union answers bondage now. We walk as heirs of freedom because Christ Himself walks in us, and His deliverance manifests through us in the present.
Chapter 4: We Receive Freedom Before Captivity Agrees
We do not wait for captivity to agree before we receive freedom. We receive because Christ is present now, not because appearance first becomes favorable. This is the dividing line between sight-led thinking and believing reception. Faith does not ask captivity for permission to believe. Faith receives on the ground of Christ’s finished work and present indwelling life. We do not wait for outward calm, visible change, or immediate evidence before we stand in freedom. We believe before sight confirms. We receive before bondage yields visibly. This is not denial of reality. This is proper order. Christ defines truth first, and visible conditions answer truth afterward.
Jesus taught us the order plainly. He said, “What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them” (Mark 11:24, KJV). We do not reverse that order. We do not believe after we see. We believe that we receive when we pray. That includes freedom, release, clarity, soundness, and deliverance from oppression. We do not suspend faith until the bound person looks free. We do not suspend faith until our senses report peace. We receive because Christ is present now. The life of faith agrees with Christ before visible conditions come into line. That is believing reception, and we refuse every system that trains us to wait on sight.
Many people were taught to treat feeling as proof. If they felt lighter, then they believed freedom had come. If they felt struggle, then they concluded nothing had happened. We reject that unstable foundation. Feelings do not authorize truth. Christ authorizes truth. We do not despise the body or the senses, but we do not enthrone them either. We receive by faith because Christ is present, not because sensation gives permission. This keeps us steady when outward signs lag behind the word we have received. Freedom does not become false because bondage protests on the way out. We remain anchored in Christ, and we do not hand authority back to appearance.
Believing reception also destroys the lie that manifestation must be earned. We do not fast enough to make Christ willing. We do not struggle enough to make freedom valid. We do not build readiness until heaven finally approves our request. Christ’s finished work is already established, and Christ Himself dwells in us now. Therefore we receive from inheritance, not from labor. We receive from union, not from worthiness. Scripture says, “Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ” (2 Corinthians 2:14, KJV). We hear the present force of that word. Triumph is not a prize we earn after pressure. It is the present order of life in Christ.
This way of receiving also gives us steadiness in ministry. When we speak to bondage, we do not measure truth by the first reaction we see. We do not panic if resistance tries to display itself. We do not conclude that nothing happened because captivity objects. We stay in the place of reception. We believe that we receive because Christ is present. We believe that freedom is lawful because Christ has triumphed. We believe that deliverance is now because the Deliverer is now. This steadiness keeps us from retreat, confusion, and double speech. We do not say freedom with one sentence and surrender it with the next. We remain aligned with Christ.
Believing reception is not passive. It does not sit back and call inaction faith. It receives and then stands. It receives and then speaks. It receives and then walks forward in agreement. When we receive freedom, we do not keep using the language of bondage as though Christ had done nothing. We align our words with what we received. We call the captives free because Christ is present. We command torment to leave because Christ is present. We stand against return, relapse, and reoccupation because Christ is present. Believing reception is active agreement with the finished work. It does not beg. It receives and acts from union.
So we receive freedom before captivity agrees. We believe before sight applauds. We stand before feelings settle. We hold the word of Christ above visible protest. We do not ask darkness to confirm what Christ already established. We receive because Christ in us is the answer now. We do not reverse the order Jesus gave. We do not let appearance teach us unbelief. We believe that we receive, and we walk in that agreement. Then we speak, command, lay hands, and minister from that settled place. We are heirs of freedom, and believing reception keeps us anchored in Christ until visible captivity answers the truth we already received.
Chapter 5: We Speak Release and Command Bondage to Leave
Because Christ dwells in us now, we do not treat deliverance as a silent hope. We speak. We ask in faith, we command with authority, and we stand in agreement with the finished work of Christ. Bondage does not leave because we admire freedom in private thought. Bondage leaves because Christ is present in us and His authority is expressed through us. We do not speak as uncertain people trying to sound brave. We speak as heirs of victory and inheritance. Our words do not create Christ’s authority, but our words do express His authority. Therefore we do not whisper around chains. We speak release and command bondage to leave.
Authority-filled speech is not noise, pressure, or religious performance. It is the clean expression of Christ through us now. We do not need borrowed intensity when Christ Himself dwells in us. We ask in faith because Jesus taught us to believe that we receive when we pray. We speak because Christ taught us to address what opposes the will of God. “And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him” (Matthew 17:18, KJV). We do not turn that into a distant story with no present force. We read it as revealed pattern. Christ confronted bondage directly, and Christ expresses that same authority through us now.
We also speak release because inheritance has a voice. Heirs do not speak like strangers outside the covenant. We do not plead with captivity as though bondage holds equal standing with the Word of Christ. We do not negotiate with torment, addiction, oppression, or unclean influence. We speak from the throne-level triumph of Christ in us. We say leave because Christ is present. We say loose because Christ has overcome. We say go because darkness has no covenant right to remain. The command is not rooted in our personality, tone, or experience. The command is rooted in union with Christ and in His finished victory, which remains active in us now.
Laying hands also belongs in this authority. We do not separate physical action from believing union. We lay hands as those in whom Christ dwells. We do not use touch as ritual. We use it as agreement with the indwelling life of Christ and the inheritance of liberty. Scripture says, “They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover” (Mark 16:18, KJV). We receive that word with direct force. We do not place it in a locked past. We do not reduce it to symbol alone. We lay hands, speak release, and command bondage to leave because Christ in us remains the living answer now.
Asking, speaking, commanding, and standing all belong together. We ask in faith because Christ is present. We speak because Christ is present. We command because Christ is present. We stand because Christ is present. None of these acts flow from separation, striving, or earned readiness. They flow from union. This keeps our ministry simple, bold, and free from superstition. We do not need special language to make darkness hear us. We need Christ, and Christ dwells in us now. Therefore we speak plainly and directly. Bondage hears the authority of Christ when Christ is expressed through us. We do not step back from that clarity.
This is why we also refuse passive agreement with repeated oppression. If something tries to remain, we do not change our doctrine to fit its resistance. We keep speaking from Christ. We keep commanding from Christ. We keep standing in Christ. We do not treat return pressure as proof that bondage has rights. We treat it as contradiction to the finished work. Therefore we answer it again. We do not surrender the ground of freedom because darkness objects loudly. We keep our feet in inheritance. We keep our mouth aligned with Christ. We keep our hands available to His life. We remain active in agreement with the freedom we received.
So we speak release and command bondage to leave. We bless the bound with freedom, and we confront the oppressor with the authority of Christ. We do not speak in our own name, and we do not shrink back as though the chains hold weight above the inheritance. We ask in faith. We lay hands. We speak directly. We command clearly. We stand firmly. We do not call bondage stubborn when Christ is present now. We call freedom lawful. We call the bound loosed. We call darkness expelled. Christ in us manifests deliverance now, and our words become the present expression of His victory in the earth.
Chapter 6: We Watch Oppression Yield Before the Name of Jesus
We do not speak of deliverance as theory alone. We watch oppression yield before the name of Jesus because His authority remains present in His body now. The impossible does not hold its shape when Christ is expressed through us. Bondage yields. Torment yields. Unclean oppression yields. The name of Jesus is not a slogan we repeat without meaning. It is the revealed authority of the victorious Christ who dwells in us now. Therefore we do not expect darkness to remain untouched when His name is spoken in faith. We expect yielding because Christ has already triumphed, and His triumph is not absent from us in the present.
The ministry of Jesus shows this plainly. When He confronted oppression, He did not hold long discussions with darkness. He commanded, and bondage yielded. That same victorious life is now in us. We do not imitate Him from a distance. We walk in union with Him now. Scripture says, “He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions” (Psalm 107:20, KJV). We receive the force of that verse with present clarity. His word does not come weakly. His word does not arrive to negotiate. His word heals and delivers. Christ in us remains the living Word expressed through His body, and oppression yields before Him now.
We also see in Scripture that the name of Jesus was not powerless after His ascension. Those who acted in His name saw real release. This matters because it removes the false idea that deliverance belonged only to His earthly ministry. His victory continued to manifest through those who believed. “Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus” (Acts 19:13, KJV). Even that passage shows that the name is not a charm to be borrowed by strangers to union. The point is clear: deliverance is not technique. Deliverance is Christ expressed through those who belong to Him.
Because of that, we do not study darkness more than we study Christ. We do not give oppression more attention than we give the indwelling Lord. We know enough to confront, command, and drive out, but our confidence does not come from mapping bondage. Our confidence comes from Christ in us. The name of Jesus is not effective because we mastered every detail of captivity. The name is effective because Christ is victorious. This keeps us centered. We do not become fascinated with chains. We become established in inheritance. Then we minister from union, and oppression yields because it confronts the authority of the risen Christ.
We also refuse to call deliverance rare when Scripture presents it as part of kingdom manifestation. Freedom is not an abnormal interruption of Christian life. Freedom is part of the reign of Christ made visible. The kingdom does not appear by leaving captives untouched. The kingdom appears by overthrowing the works of darkness. Therefore we do not lower expectation in practice. We do not act surprised that oppression yields. We remain sober, clear, and bold, but we are not shocked by liberty. Christ in us is the normal explanation for deliverance. The inheritance of the saints includes authority over darkness, and we walk in that inheritance now.
This chapter also establishes our posture in ministry: we do not merely hope that oppression may weaken over time. We confront it in the name of Jesus and expect yielding. We do not beg darkness to cooperate. We do not wait for captivity to approve our command. We minister from the finished work and from present union. We lay hands, we speak directly, and we refuse visible intimidation. If oppression protests, we do not retreat. We continue in Christ. If torment attempts to display itself, we do not glorify it. We glorify Christ. We watch oppression yield not because we are impressed with ourselves, but because the victorious Christ lives in us now.
So we watch oppression yield before the name of Jesus. We do not speak of freedom as a theory for sermons only. We speak of freedom as the present fruit of union. We do not hold a defeated expectation while using victorious language. We expect chains to break, torment to leave, clarity to return, and peace to stand because Christ is present now. The name of Jesus remains above every opposing name, every unclean influence, and every claim of captivity. We walk as heirs of freedom, and we minister from that inheritance. Therefore oppression does not meet passive religion when it faces us. It meets the authority of Christ expressed through us now.
Chapter 7: We Walk Forward and Loose the Bound Now
We do not end in observation. We move in commission. Christ in us manifests deliverance now, so we walk forward as heirs of freedom and loose the bound. We do not wait for a future season of readiness. We do not ask captivity to become weaker before we act. We do not call impossible what Christ indwells. We ask in faith now. We believe that we receive now. We walk as Christ now. The inheritance is not theoretical. The inheritance moves through our feet, our words, and our hands in the present. Therefore we do not stand still before bondage. We advance in Christ and minister the freedom that already belongs to Him.
Ask in faith. Refuse every prayer shaped by distance and uncertainty. Pray from union. Pray from inheritance. Believe that we receive when we pray because Jesus established that order, and we do not reverse it. We do not ask as though heaven is far. We ask as those in whom Christ dwells now. Then walk in full agreement with what we received. Do not let appearance retrain the mind into unbelief. Do not let repeated resistance rewrite the gospel of freedom. Hold the word of Christ above every visible contradiction. Stand in the present victory of the indwelling Lord. The answer is not far away. The answer lives in us now.
Speak to the mountain. Speak to the prison. Speak to the unclean influence. Speak to the tormenting pressure. Speak to addiction, fear, confusion, and oppression with the authority of Christ. Jesus said, “Have faith in God” (Mark 11:22, KJV). We receive that as active confidence in His present life and authority. Then we speak accordingly. We do not let darkness set the tone of ministry. Christ sets the tone. Therefore our words do not bow. Our words loose. Our words confront. Our words release. The mountain does not decide whether Christ has authority. Christ already has authority, and He expresses that authority through us now.
Heal the sick. Lay hands without hesitation. Do not wait for a better emotional atmosphere. Do not wait for greater visible need to prove itself. Do not wait for captivity to become easier to confront. Lay hands because Christ is present. Speak because Christ is present. Minister because Christ is present. “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils” (Mark 16:17, KJV). We do not push that promise into a closed past. We receive it as present commission. We cast out demons. We confront oppression. We minister release. We do not admire authority from afar. We walk in authority because Christ dwells in us.
Preach the Kingdom. Do not preach a distant heaven while leaving captives untouched in the earth. Announce the reign of Christ in words and in action. Let deliverance reveal that the Kingdom has come near because Christ has come near in us. Speak clearly that freedom belongs to the finished work. Speak clearly that bondage has no lawful right to remain. Speak clearly that Christ is present now and not arriving later. We do not preach possibility as a religious idea. We preach present reign, present union, and present manifestation. Then we act in agreement with what we proclaim. The Kingdom is not silent where Christ is expressed.
Cast out demons. Do not make room for coexistence with darkness. Do not call tolerance wisdom. Do not call delay maturity. Confront unclean oppression directly in the name of Jesus. Command it to leave. Command it not to return. Stand in the finished work without apology. If darkness protests, answer again from Christ. If oppression resists, keep the ground of inheritance. Do not yield the place of authority back to fear, custom, or visible agitation. Christ in us does not retreat from captivity. Christ in us manifests deliverance now. Therefore we do not soften the command. We loose the bound because the Deliverer is present in us now.
Raise the dead, release the bound, and refuse visible finality in every form. We do not sort human need into possible and impossible categories as though Christ is limited by scale. We do not call severe cases untouchable. We do not call long histories permanent. We do not call violent bondage immovable. We call Christ present. We call freedom lawful. We call the bound loosed. We call darkness expelled. We call life to answer the Lord who lives in us. Walk as heirs of victory and inheritance. Walk into homes, gatherings, streets, and nations carrying the liberty of Christ. Loose the bound now, because Christ in us leaves no rightful place for captivity to remain.