-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-"A Scary Thought For Some..."
- by Caleb Osborne
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What could be a scary thought for some? How bout' this--The thought that as a Christian you can do whatever you want......scary?
Consider this Bible verse:
"All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify." 1 Corinthians 10:23
All things are lawful for me? That flies in
face of traditional thinking about Christian morals, rights and wrongs--Doesn't it?
You see as Christians we are no longer slaves to
law. In amazing mercy, Jesus was
sacrifice that allowed us to be forgiven of our sins by no work of our own. So that we were no longer subject to trying to live up to God's perfect standards (the laws) And we were given
Christ's life in exchange for our own by
grace of God.
So we are truly free to do whatever we want, because
law no longer applies to us. Woo hoo! Now that's freedom! It's so sad to see so many people that see
Christian life as a life that is summed up by a comment such as:
"If you're a good Christian, everything is a sin"
This is
definitely one of
most incorrect yet universally accepted doctrines of
secular, and sadly, Christian world. I guess this verse was skimmed over.
Before you get crazy and start to plan your debaucherous plight through every forbidden pleasure imaginable, pay attention to
rest of
verse. When you read
rest you start to get a handle on why this isn't so scary after all. "but not all things are helpful...but not all things edify."
You have
freedom to do whatever you want. But what will keep you from doing
things that aren't "helpful" and don't "edify"? Well, remember when I said that you received
life of Christ in exchange for your own at salvation?
Christ's life is
key. You won't have to worry about what is right or wrong. You don't need laws to tell you. Your identity is a righteous one, so your natural nature is to glorify God and to do
things that please him!
You have a little thing called a conscience that lets you know when you're messing up. And God is able to keep you from stumbling. A personal relationship with God will keep you from sin.