Saturday, November 24th, 2007
the perfect law
oxymoron:
“the perfect law that gives freedom”
when you think about laws, you think about things that restrict you. things that govern freedom. so what does it mean when the bible talks about the perfect law that gives freedom? when you see a red light, you’d like to cross the road – but you can’t, cause you dont have the freedom to.
so, is it really an oxymoron?
we have things like ‘freedom of speech’ which is just as weird. right? but really, laws restrict some (bad) things to provide freedom for good things. on a very high-level the judicial system is a compromise (at least in north america) we get laws that restrict murder, securing the freedom to live.
it restricts general things to provide more ‘personal’ freedom. but what is this perfect law then? and what freedom does it give? what freedom is it referring to?
freedom from death. freedom from the sin that binds us while on earth. freedom that is granted through Christ Jesus our Lord.
anyways i love the contrast the bible presents. but let us look intently into this law and follow (do) it so that we may be free.