This morning I was praying, dwelling on the thought that the world feeds us the lie that as Christians we are only slaves to a cruel God and master, then it hit me, isn't it the other way around? Your probably think "That's nothing new..." But look at it this way;
A slave is commanded by a master who tells them what to do and when to do it. Many believe this reflects upon Christianity and God, however it is the opposite. Think about ever non-Christian you know (if you are not a Christian then think about yourself) how have you spoken all these years? I bet in your day to day chats with people you swear, well in reality you have just joined the rest of the world in becoming a slave to it.
Our world almost pushes us to do certain things like swearing, drinking, casual sex, and the such. Why? Because it wants to have control over you! If you stop doing these things and follow a life set out for Christ, then no wonder we look down upon Christianity, because by doing so you have taken your "freedom" in the world and given it to one who truly sets you free.
By knowing this everything then starts to make a lot more sense! We start to realise why as Christians we get such a bad rap, but every other faith never gets as bad of a rap as we do. Why? Because the world knows that through Christ we are released from the bonds of this slavery.
So thus Christianity is not a burden of constant rules, but rather it is freedom. Freedom from the ever growing whole of emptiness
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