Freedom To But Not Freedom From

We live in a country that was built on the premise of personal freedom. And we live in a time where we have taken that personal freedom to new heights (or lows), where we are free to do anything we want - rejecting all judgment to the contrary. 

People feel free to engage in sexual activity as if it were a ride at an amusement park where you are simply in it for the thrill of the moment. Homosexual activity is not only accepted, it is being raised to the level of marital equality and even legalized in state after state. The government is even beginning to legalize drug use for the sole purpose of getting high,which is par with getting drunk that is already legal everywhere as long as you're not behind the wheel. 

So we have the right to choose pretty much what we want as we think the original framers of our constitution intended. Maybe, but there is one more aspect of that freedom that we are not so quick to embrace: The personal responsibility that comes with freedom and the acceptance of the consequences it brings. 

God gives us freedom to choose but that doesn't mean that choice comes without cost or obligation. God call us to "be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God" (1 Thess 4:3-5).

He further warns us of the consequences of ignoring His call: "The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before" (1 Thess 4:6).  He does give us freedom to choose between good and bad, right and wrong, life and death; but freedom to choose is not freedom from consequences. 

Jus' Sayn.