Looking at Freedom, Part 2 (TMF:1942)

Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Peace to Live By: Looking at Freedom, Part 2 (TMF:1942) - Daniel Litton
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       We do, nonetheless, get to choose what we want to do with our lives, and how are going to act. We get to choose whether we will be in relationship with the Creator, or whether we choose to believe something else. If we do believe in Jesus, we know he gifts us with certain spiritual gifts for the common good. Did not Paul say, though, that there are even certain gifts we can desire if we want to? So, in a sense, we even have say in those spiritual gifts. James said that we are to be “a doer who acts” in order that we “will be blessed in [our] doing.” Action is important. That’s what we’re talking about here. Not looking into the mirror and getting no feedback out of it, no direction in truth that will benefit us. We can act, of course, that is easy. We can be like the pagans Jesus talked about a minute ago, who by acting, think they are making great gains. We must conclude that the only acting that works is the acting that we really want to do, that is, acting that comes from our hearts.