Freedom

This is a devotional from my NLT Daily Walk Bible that I wanted to share:

Which of these statements best describes the Christian life?

"The Christian life is a bunch of dos and don'ts!"

"The Christian life is liberty to do as I please!"

Neither one is true. To be sure, in Christ there is freedom from slavery to sin and release from the guilt of past failures. But liberty does not mean license to live as you please. The Israelites were free from Egyptian slavery, but they were not free to follow their every desire. God wanted them to live as his chosen people, so he gave them rules for their daily conduct - not to spoil their fun, but for their protection and profit, and to set them apart from the rest of the world as his own people.

Imagine what a ball game would be like without rules: no boundaries, no clock, no referees, no time limit. Probably no fun! Rules are essential for the enjoyment of life.

The tablets at Sinai were given to show the need for the cross at calvary.

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Obedience to Christ .. is freedom.