“‘All things are lawful for me,’ but not all things are helpful. ‘All things are lawful for me,’ but I will not be dominated by anything.” – 1 Corinthians 6:12
In Christ, we enjoy tremendous freedom! Jesus died on the cross so that through faith in Him, we are forgiven our sins and reconciled to God, not by rule-following and good behavior but by God’s abundant, overflowing, amazing grace. We aren’t constrained by the over 600 laws of the Mosaic Law but that doesn’t many anything goes.
Our freedom in Christ isn’t an excuse to abuse our liberty or waste our lives in pursuit of trivial things. Christ died to set us free from sin’s power, so we can become like Him in the power of His Spirit. We must not rush back to being dominated by anything (food, drink, pleasure, power, phone, career, money, fame…) other than God. We must recognize where the exercise of our freedom hurts us and reject such indulgence. We must recognize when the exercise of our freedom hurts others and reject such selfishness.
Our true freedom is in Christ. We’re only completely free when we submit to His Lordship. We must not surrender our blood-bought freedom back to any habits, pleasures, or preferences that don’t glorify Christ. He alone must be Lord of our lives.