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“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another” (Galatians 5:13).
In our verse today there is a further warning for those who are enjoying their Christian liberty. There is a danger of using our liberty as “an occasion to the flesh.” What does this mean?
It means that sometimes we may think we are walking in Christian liberty, when we are really just allowing our old sinful nature to act. Let me use an example.
The movie industry has made some excellent movies that are very educational, such as nature films, history films, etc. However, it is easy to move along from something like this to movies that excite our old sinful nature. We can justify this to ourselves by saying that there is no verse in the Bible that tells us not to watch movies. However, those who make movies know how to introduce things into the movie in order to make it popular. We will say more about this tomorrow.
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