"For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to
silence the ignorance of foolish men:
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God."
1 Peter 2:15-16
I like the idea here that we're helping Good triumph over evil, just by staying within the law. I also love the idea of using our freedom wisely. We think of freedom as the power to do whatever we want... and so it is, to a certain extent, but a better way to think about it is the power to choose our own consequences, as part of choosing the action. Choosing to harm others rather than to help them carries natural consequences, short term and long term.
Today, let's make sure that we are choosing the things that help good to triumph.
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God."
1 Peter 2:15-16
I like the idea here that we're helping Good triumph over evil, just by staying within the law. I also love the idea of using our freedom wisely. We think of freedom as the power to do whatever we want... and so it is, to a certain extent, but a better way to think about it is the power to choose our own consequences, as part of choosing the action. Choosing to harm others rather than to help them carries natural consequences, short term and long term.
Today, let's make sure that we are choosing the things that help good to triumph.
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