Liberty or License
Liberty or license? This is the question of our day. When the rest of the world is finding new ways of practicing hedonism and self-indulgence (neither of which is a new thing) what prevents the church from impacting the same lost persons with the Good News? The freemen of His cross have become bond slaves of their own license! The breastplate of righteousness is made of Christ Himself! Is there any room then for unrighteousness in the person of the wearer? Absolutely not! That is why it is called "the narrow way!" We must "deny ourselves" and take up the cross daily. Personal purity brings holiness (we are what we eat). Why do you think the Apostle Paul talks about "putting off the old self"? Before we can put on God's armor, we must first take off our own!
"Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth…