The biblical Christian walks a line between legalism and antinomianism. Christ has indeed set us free. We are free from bondage to sin and we are free from the curse of the law. As previously set forth, however, the law does not just disappear--instead of being a taskmaster and judge it becomes a guide. What we have been set free to do is serve God and serve the body of Christ. Accordingly, we are bound, but by God to enjoy him and to do the works he has prepared for us to do. This the greatest freedom of all, to be human as God has intended for us to be. Christ has not released us to wild abandon. We do not sin that grace may increase all the more.
It must constantly be borne in mind that we are beholden to God alone and not the rules of men, including the rules we make for ourselves. But we must also be mindful of lawful authority.
Tomorrow: How to worship God.
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