the other day I was driving to Fredericton when I looked down and saw that I was speeding.
I don’t remember the exact speed, but I know it was well above the posted speed limit (If you are in law enforcement and you’re reading this, I live at 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa Ontario, Canada, if you’re not with law enforcement, keep reading…)
I began to slow down….momentarily, a short while later though, I was speeding again.
No matter how you slice it, speeding is wrong. The posted limit is the posted limit. They are the laws to be adhered to, not suggestions to take into consideration.
A lot of people think God’s laws are suggestions. Surely God doesn’t mean “don’t kill, don’t hate, don’t lust…” Many people think that God’s laws apply to everyone else, but not me, because there’s an exception to every rule, and I’m it.
The seed limits are posted for us to follow. If we break them, there will be consequences. Though Christians live under Grace, there are still rules and regulations that we must adhere to.
Romans 6:1-2 says: “…should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace? 2 Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?” (NLT2)
Grace is not a free pass to sin. Grace is there to cover us should we sin; it’s not to be taken advantage of.
The Bible says: “(The grace of God) teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age….” (Titus 2:12, NIV)
The Grace of God will help us live the disciplined, Christ-centered life.
As we draw closer to Jesus, we will rely less and less on ourselves and rely more on His Holy Spirit to remind us that we might be going a little bit too fast.
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