Arise Fly High Float Free
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3] Laws...
“Man-made” and “Natural” Laws:There are “man-made” laws and there are “natural” laws. While man-made laws are easily broken, natural laws are not. An example of a natural law is the law of gravity. This law is easily illustrated by holding something in your hand then releasing it. No matter where you are on this planet, or in this universe for that matter, the law of gravity applies. We are all governed by this law and it cannot be broken. However, it can be overcome by another law, a “higher” law of nature.
When a parcel of air is heated it becomes lighter than the air around it and it rises overcoming the law of gravity. If that parcel of air is contained into a confined space and a vehicle is attach to it, that vehicle will rise with the heated air even though the vehicle is heavier than the air that surrounds it. Thus, anyone within that vehicle can also overcome the law of gravity. This is the principle of “lighter-than-air” flight in a hot air balloon.
Spiritual Laws:There is a third type of law which governs man, “spiritual law.” One of those laws is the “law of sin.” It is illustrated in the seventh chapter of the book of Romans. In this chapter Paul makes an observation that whenever he tried to do what is right and good, he ended up doing the opposite. He concluded the following:
For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” Romans 7: 22-24 [NKJV]
Just as man is subject to the law of gravity, he is also subject to the law of sin. Every person who has ever lived is a sinner [Romans 3:23] and God’s Word [The Bible] tells us that the consequences of that sin is death. [Rom 6:23] Like gravity, the law of sin cannot be broken. However, like gravity, the law of sin can be overcome by a higher law, ...the law of Grace.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1-2
The law of Grace states that God’s love is greater than sin. Just as the heated air which fills a balloon allows it to overcome the law of gravity, God’s Spirit can fill a person and enable them to overcome the law of sin.
But we have been set free from the power of sin and belong to God, and his benefit to us is holiness and eternal life. Rom 6:22
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Arise, Fly High and Float Free
For as long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated with airplanes and the realm of flight. The thought that through them I could achieve the age-old desire of mankind to “break free of the pull of the earth’s gravitational force and soar freely through the sky” inspired me to achieve my private pilot license while still a teenager and my commercial license at the age of twenty.
For years now I had enjoyed an occasional escape from the earth’s gravitational boundaries. However, it wasn’t until the spring of 1991 that I discovered the true freedom I sought in “lighter-than-air” flight in a hot air balloon. Now, having spent thousands of hours aloft in both powered and lighter-than-air aircraft, I have come to see several interesting similarities between lighter-than-air flight and another age-old quest of man: the desire to be free from the controlling force which sin has on us and the desire to float freely in the grace of God. This book explores those similarities while attempting to illustrate the concepts of... “Arising” above our sinful nature,
“Flying High” above the controlling force that sin has on us, and “Floating Free” in God’s unmerited Grace.About the Author
Over the past forty years Dr. Wojcik has spoken in churches, Bible and Pastor Conferences on the similarities of the human body and the church. Having hosted a weekly radio program titled “The Living Body of Christ” he has utilized physicians of various specialties to explore these similarities. He has also presented a program on the Anatomical and Physiological aspects involved in the process of crucifixion in regards to the death of Jesus Christ in over two hundred churches. He now turns his attention to the similarities between how a balloon can overcome the law of gravity by being filled with super-heated air and maneuver freely through the sky utilizing only the wind to direct it, and how an individual can overcome the law of sin by being filled with God’s Holy Spirit and maneuver successfully through life by utilizing the directing power of God’s Spirit.
In addition to operating a successful Chiropractic practice for 38 years, Dr. Wojcik is a Commercially rated airplane and hot air balloon pilot with 53 years of aviation experience. His unique ability to see God’s presence in everyday life brings an entertaining twist to this education, inspirational and visually stunning book.