My friends, you were chosen to be free. So don't use your freedom as an excuse to do anything you want. Use it as an opportunity to serve each other with love. All the Law says can be summed up in the command to love others as much as you love yourself.
Galatians 5:13-14
Freedom is a very big deal. It is the essence of what God wants for us and what Jesus purchased on the Cross. Christians are free from sin and death and the burden of being controlled by the world. Followers of Jesus are free to love others as much as they love themselves!
But if you use your God given freedom as an excuse to "do anything you want," your freedom becomes a highway that leads straight back into slavery.
Here is the exciting news about the Freedom that followers of Jesus have. His Freedom comes to all who are His disciples even if they are in prison or bound in chains. The Freedom you have in Christ does not wait for you to be released from your cell. No matter where you are or how confining the circumstance, Jesus makes you free to love beyond the walls of your place of containment.
The Apostle Paul was in prison more than once, but was always free in Christ. That freedom is still there waiting for you today!
"Lord, let me see Your Freedom today in my life. And let me use that Freedom to love others. Thank You Lord for setting Your children free in this world of sin and death. Amen."
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