1 Corinthians 6:12 says, “Everything is permissible for me” – but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me” – but I will not be mastered by anything. This is a fully loaded verse.
Paul is referring to sexual immorality in this verse. I think we can take this verse a step farther and use it in our everyday life. There are times we think something is ok to do just because we can do it. It’s easy to get caught up in something you never intended to do.
These issues can be embarrassing for us but they can be horrible if we ignore them. Paul’s message may be a little more direct than we want it to be but it gives us freedom and love from God. The enemy would rather have you sit in your puddle of sin than to let you see the freedom God offers you from sin.
God is aware of what we are doing. God can see right to our hearts. He knows our intent, we can’t hide it from Him. We must come to realize that our bodies are not our own. Our bodies belong to God. When we realize this we will learn to take care of our bodies.
Freedom in Christ does not mean we are free to do whatever we want. When we come to Christ and we follow Him we want to be helpful. We do not want to continue to be slaves to our former way of life. Let us remember the cross, Jesus died so we may have life, abundantly. We have free will to do whatever we want but is that how we want to live? In our hearts we know what we should do, let us surrender our old selves and become helpful in the kingdom of God.
