"While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage."
2 Peter 2:19
This is talking about people who tempt others to sin, who say they are offering liberty, and might even believe that, but who don't realize that they are the servants of their own sins, trapped in the bondage of corruption with no happy ending in front of them... just a dead end. If we are those people, to escape something like that, first we would have to retrace our steps and repent.
And if we are the ones being tempted, then God wants us to be able to see clearly that *he* is the one offering us the true freedom... unburdened by the chains of sin and guilt and corruption, and with greater light and knowledge we gain more and more opportunities and possibility. Sin only offers false freedom, telling us the horrible lie that the laws of God are there to hold us back, rather than to save us from danger.
Today, let's realize where liberty and bondage are really coming from, and not fool ourselves into being the slaves of sin.
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