Christian Liberty—Its Place in Our Churches (2)

Christian liberty, therefore, is simply this, that we willingly walk in the narrow confines of God's commandments and find our happiness there. To our flesh this sounds like a paradox: a liberty which subjects itself to the cruelest taskmaster possible. Our flesh often rebels, kicks the traces, breaks away from the narrow limits of the law. In fact, when the law says, "Do not touch!" we say, "I want to touch; who says I can't?" There is always the urge to test the wet paint sign, or...