# “The great Liberator” by Donald Macleod

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- Published: 2009-09-03T14:20:34-05:00
- Author: tollelege

“Jesus is the great Liberator. He is not, like Che Guevara or William Wallace, a
mere inspiration from the past. He is alive; and He is in control, possessing authority
over the whole of heaven and the whole of earth (Mt. 28:18). He _has_ liberated;
He _is _liberating; and He _will _liberate still. We, to change the metaphor, are
mere builder’s labourers. He is the great Master Builder.

He is not an absent Christ, once active in history but now withdrawn. He is an ever-
present one, the great freedom fighter who has already destroyed the powers and 
who, following His death and resurrection, continues to bring liberation to the 
world’s spiritual slaves.

Our hope for the world rests not with the great stream of Christian pilgrims following
in the footsteps of Jesus, but with the living Jesus Himself: still able to conquer
every potentate and still able to open every heart. Everyone who comes to Him finds
instant freedom (Mt. 11:29).”

–Donald Macleod, _[The Person of Christ](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0830815376?tag=toletaupanre-20)_(
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1998), 260.

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