Do Not Lust — Part 2
Moral freedom is not a status to be obtained, it is a Person to be depended upon. And that Person’s name is Jesus!





Moral freedom is not a status to be obtained, it is a Person to be depended upon. And that Person’s name is Jesus!
Lust is a matter of the heart. This is what makes lust so serious. What we set our hearts upon determines the course of our lives.
In this conclusion of the command to Be Reconciled, Nate and Gabe share how being reconciled (as well as avoiding offenses altogether) comes down to humbling ourselves before God and allowing Him to transform every aspect of who we are.
It has been said that the eight most difficult words in the English language are, “I was wrong. Will you forgive me?” God’s desire is that we not only enter into reconciliation with Him, but that we also become channels of it!
Often we try to deal with our offenses on our own — just between us and God. But God tells us that if we’ve caused an offense, we need to pursue the one we’ve offended to make it right.
The word "reconcile" is a financial term. It gives the picture of two accounts that are at odds and needing to come into agreement with one another. Listen as Nate and Gabe discuss the weight of this command and how it practically applies to our lives.
ave you ever felt like there is a discrepancy between the God of the Old Testament and the Christ of the New Testament? This “discrepancy” is based on the wrong assumption that God did away with His Law when Christ came.
There are two common responses we have to the Law of God: we summon our will power to try to do the Law; or, we assume it “doesn’t apply to us”, and we throw it out. But what is God’s purpose for the Law?