What does true freedom look like? One way of saying it is that we are not a slave to “in order to”. Simon the Magician in Samaria wanted to buy the Holy Spirit “in order to” still be famous, make money and have a hold over the people of his community. He was severely rebuked by Simon Peter. Jesus tells us living to provide for our own self interest, manipulating others so we can attain something is really going down a dead end street. After all what is life? Jesus tells us life does not consist in the abundance of one’s possessions. Luke 12:15. So true freedom does not start with the right to do anything one wants without regard for anyone else. Here is the challenge of true freedom. “For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me (Jesus) will find it” Matthew 16:25. What does true freedom look like? One way of saying it is that we are not a slave to “in order to”. Simon the Magician in Samaria wanted to buy the Holy Spirit “in order to” still be famous, make money and have a hold over the people of his community. He was severely rebuked by Simon Peter. Jesus tells us living to provide for our own self interest, manipulating others so we can attain something is really going down a dead end street. After all what is life? Jesus tells us life does not consist in the abundance of one’s possessions. Luke 12:15. So true freedom does not start with the right to do anything one wants without regard for anyone else. Here is the challenge of true freedom. “For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me (Jesus) will find it” Matthew 16:25. What does true freedom look like? One way of saying it is that we are not a slave to “in order to”. Simon the Magician in Samaria wanted to buy the Holy Spirit “in order to” still be famous, make money and have a hold over the people of his community. He was severely rebuked by Simon Peter. Jesus tells us living to provide for our own self interest, manipulating others so we can attain something is really going down a dead end street. After all what is life? Jesus tells us life does not consist in the abundance of one’s possessions. Luke 12:15. So true freedom does not start with the right to do anything one wants without regard for anyone else. Here is the challenge of true freedom. “For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me (Jesus) will find it” Matthew 16:25.
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