II Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
liberty. Some people think that Christianity is a list of rules. There is
one list of things you must do and another list of things that you must not do.
But our verse says something different. It says that when you are a follower of
Jesus Christ, there is freedom and liberty. When you follow Jesus Christ you
want to please Him and you want to be more like Him every day. The things that
Jesus likes, his followers like. And the things that Jesus doesn’t like, His
followers don’t like. As followers of Jesus Christ, you want love others and
you want to hate evil. That means that there are things that you will work on
developing in your life – things that you will begin to try to do. And there
are other things in your life that you will try to stop doing – things that are
bad and need to drop out of your life. But these things are up to you and your
Lord. I can’t give you a list of what you should do and what you shouldn’t do.
Both of those lists are up to you and your Lord to work on with the help of the
blessed Holy Spirit. Do you want to obey the Holy Spirit? I hope so! Do you want
to be more like Jesus Christ? I hope so! Pray to God and ask Him for things in
your like that you need to change. Ask God what you should be doing and what
you should not be doing. Ask God how you can help other Christians and how you
can influence non-Christians for good. Remember, you are free in Christ – you
are free to become more like Jesus Christ, your Lord and Master. Remember, you
have the liberty in Christ to become the Christian that you want to be!
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