When the son sets you free, you are free indeed. You are free from your old way of life; from selfishness, envy, greed, lust, etc. You are now a new creation in Christ, and you have been given new life through the power of the Holy Ghost.
With all that said, if we are really free in Christ, does that mean God condones everything we do, and we are free to do whatever we want?
A common tactic of the enemy is to convince you to abuse the Lord’s grace and forgiveness. God will forgive me no matter what, so I might as well sin and ask for forgiveness later. This behavior is by no means pleasing to God, and will not lead into eternal life.
Imagine if you had a wife/husband who would constantly betray your trust and do you wrong at every turn, knowing that you would forgive them no matter what. This is how we treat the Father when we have this mindset. He is the groom, and we, his church, are his bride.
God compares idolatry to adultery in the Old Testament. When the Israelites worshipped other gods, they were essentially cheating on God in the same way an unfaithful spouse would cheat on you. When we sin, we become slaves to sin instead of slaves to Christ. We put ourselves and our pleasure over him and his will for us. In this way, we are practicing adultery in the same fashion of ancient Israel.
When we sin, we worship ourselves instead of the Lord.
Paul explains that we should use our new found freedom in Christ to live the way that Christ has freed us to (Galatians 5:13). Freedom in Christ means freedom from the old way of life, and now possessing the ability to love God, and others, above ourselves.
Doesn’t using our freedom to love others make the love we show them more real?
Christ has set us free from sin, we must not return to our old way of life. We must not be prisoners returning to our cells when someone else took our sentence.
We love God, why not act like it?
God bless, Jesus loves you ✝️❤️
