07/21/19 - Meat Market Freedom - 1 Corinthians 10:15-33

“A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none.

 A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant, subject to all.”

–Martin Luther
 

Christian freedom is one of the hottest spiritual topics today. To folks accustomed to legalistic Christianity and the sets of rules that many would say must guide Christian conduct, Christian freedom is a strange animal. Because of what He did on the cross, we have been freed from sin, guilt, shame, and legalism with all of its lists of do’s and don’ts. The gospel was not designed to “keep us in our place” spiritually, but to liberate us to live joyfully and enjoy all we are and have in Christ…“For freedom Christ has set us free” (Galatians 5:1)

 

But Christian freedom doesn’t mean we’re free to sin or compromise. Nor does it mean that we the right to do whatever we want. This Sunday, the Apostle Paul helps us see that there is something more important to our freedom in Christ than doing as we please. And it has a lot to do with Luther’s second phrase…