Be Free, But There Are Limits

“For you, brethren, were [indeed] called to freedom; only [do not let your] freedom be an incentive to your flesh and an opportunity or excuse [for selfishness], but through love you should serve one another.” We are free in the Lord, and have been redeemed from the curse of the law. We are genuinely free from the control of sin. The sin nature is no longer a dominant force in our lives. We are living in the dispensation of Grace. There’s no eye for an eye, or tooth for tooth immediate retribution from the hand of justice. But we will all go before the judgment of God in the end. Meanwhile there is a liberty we have which should not be an invite to sin. To serve one another humbly in love is our portion as per the Lord. The grace of God should not be frustrated in you. Our insides let us know when something’s wrong and that, we should always heed. Our flesh, our bodies, still have the sin nature in them. The appetites of our flesh have not lost its strength. We are to keep our bodies under control and make them line up to the teachings and precepts of God. Renewing your mind, starting a new way of thinking based on the word of God. That’s the only way to begin keeping our bodies under control. Be free, but don’t be uninformed about your liberty in Christ, there are limits.