Would you turn to two openings, please?

Galatians 5, Romans 12.

We've been on a series now for some weeks.

We've entitled, Saved to Serve.

Saved to serve.

In Galatians 513, he said, brethren, you've been called unto liberty, freedom,

only used not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love, serve one another.

The, first Peter 2.16, you don't have to turn there, but in the God's serve one another.

First Peter 2.16, you don't have to turn there, but in the God's word translation,

1 Peter 216 says a similar thing.

It says, live as free people, but don't hide behind your freedom when you do evil.

Instead, use your freedom to do what?

Did you know you can misuse things that God gives you? You can abuse blessings.

We have been set free. We've been healed. We've been delivered, God's paid our bills, gotten us out of debt, done so many things for us. Not just so we could watch TV 12 hours a day with no pain. Not just so we could goof off and give our full attention to our hobbies or this or that.

This life, this entire life, is not playtime.

It's work time.

Later on, we get to retire.

We're going to have some fun past this life. And not to say you can't enjoy some things down here, do something that's fun, but that should not be your priority. And that should not be

what you spend the bulk of your time or spend the bulk of your resources doing is trying to

make yourself comfortable or entertained.

We're down here on a mission.

We've got a job to do.

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