Free in Regard to Righteousness, Part 2 (TMF:1622)

Tuesday, June 01, 2021
Peace to Live By: Free in Regard to Righteousness, Part 2 (TMF:1622) - Daniel Litton
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       Just doing whatever you want to do, or whatever you feel like doing, doesn’t bring fulfilling life. Sure, it brought temporary fun, pleasures for a short time. But when I would lay down my head at night to go to sleep, there was also an empty, unsettling feeling that I had. I knew there had to be more to life. I knew I wasn’t following righteousness. I also knew most other people didn’t follow doing what is right, so I justified my actions stating, “I can’t be expected to do what most others aren’t doing. Only preachers are good people. The rest of us just have some darkness, and that’s the way it is.” I can think back on having thoughts like that. Nonetheless, that isn’t what God thinks and expects from us. God wants us to be acting righteously, no matter who we are. And not only that, but he has provided a way for us to do that, an easy way, which Paul is talking about in our text today. I can think back on doing sinful things and then later feeling guilty for doing them. I felt both guilt and regret.