Thursday... But are we really free? Are we?

In the midst of this that we have been going through we have been fighting to be free. But are we really fighting to be free? Oh we fight to be free to choose whether we wear a mask or take a vaccine or have an abortion or not but are we really to be free?

Paul over in Romans 6:20-21 (NLT) says, "When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right." Is that the kind of freedom we want? He goes on, "You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom." So do you want to be free from the obligation to do right?

We don't want to be slaves, we want to be free but look at this verse. Verse 22 says, "But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life."

Earlier in verses 16-18 Paul says, "Don't you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living, Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey the teaching we have given you. Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living."

And verse 23 says, "But the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord." Now I want to be a slave to that. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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