When I was growing up, I grew up in churches that teaches that gambling, smoking, drinking and dancing are sins. There is a fine balance between legalism and liberalism. Everything is allowable but not everything is allowable. Every Christian must decide whether they will us their liberty to decide on their moral decisions. We are free, but our freedom must prove a source of real temptation of this world. We are free from the chains of sin because by grace we are saved by Christ that we are forgiven. Spiritual liberty means the freedom to be all that we were designed to be, but this is not a freedom that is without restrictions or responsibilities.As long as our conscience is clear and our heart is pure before God, don't be concerned with issues. That is GRACE. In Romans 14:5 "One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind." 1 Corinthians 10:28-29 "both for the sake of the man who told you and for conscience' sake, the other man's conscience, I mean, not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience?"
Christian liberty means the power to do anything as long as we abide by God's enablement to produce fruit in accordance with the way the Holy Spirit works in us through Christ. When a Christian who is saved by the conviction of the Holy Spirit, this Christian is living in a new Creature with holy conscience rather than sinful conscience. If we didn't feel the conviction and didn't have the motivation to change from "within", then we should be concerned whether we are truly saved or not. "If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit." The condition of the heart determines how receptive a person is to the gospel.
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you are a blogging king today! i can hardly keep up with you! :>)
it is very nice...i feel as though we are becoming a wonderful tightknit community of friends despite all our very diverse experiences and challenges.
thank you my friend for sharing yourself with us here.
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