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Understanding Freedom In My Own Religion
A journey that goes far beyond anything I understood before
Christianity had always seemed a bit restrictive to me.
When I was a kid growing up in the church, it seemed like we chanted the same things over and over again. When I truly understood what it meant to believe in Jesus in college, it seemed like other people were still held captive by church rules too.
This seems to be true in the church today. Many people go to church because they are supposed to. They read their bibles because the pastor says so. And they give their 10% because that's what conventional thought says too.
We hear about the rules so much in the church too. Ultimate rules, theological differences on what we can and cannot do or how we should act. There seems to be so much talk and focus on what we need to do with our lives and our faith.
But I don’t think that is what Jesus meant for his church. I don't think he wanted us to focus on the rules so much as focus on freedom. Not freedom to do whatever we want, but the freedom we have in Him.
