An eternal life is not what starts when we die. It's what starts when we trust in Christ.

When I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and I put my faith in trust in Him, at that moment eternal kind of life begins. A life, as Jesus described it, is more abundant.

I no longer serve the enemy of my life, but the redeemer of my life, my Savior.

Every man and woman on earth stands at a crossroads each day of their lives, facing consequential

decisions. Will I choose the path of righteousness that leads to abundant life? Or will I go down the road

that leads to darkness and death? This is the gift and the burden of free will. Today on Insight

for Living, Chuck Swindall teaches from Romans chapter 6. In this passage, Paul strips

away all pretense to reveal this stark reality. Our choices have eternal

consequences. And the question isn't whether you'll decide, it's what you'll decide.

Romans chapter 6 is a wonderful chapter of emancipation. We who were once slaves have been freed. The main idea of the first 14 verses is the believer who is in Christ is freed from slavery to sin. That's what the first 14 verses are all about. The believer in Christ is freed from slavery to sin. You no longer have to say yes

to wrong. You are now empowered to say no, but you're not forced. You're left with a choice.

Every waking moment of our lives lives we are faced with choices.

Do I react negatively or do I let the Spirit of God give me a positive strength?

Do I say yes to what would feed my lust and greed or do I say no by the power that lives within me?

Before the cross, there was no choice.

Afterwards, there is that opportunity.

Now then, the cynic who reads this, who thinks the person who preaches this kind of grace message, is encouraging people to sin,

rushes to the extreme and says, why, you let people free to live like you've described.

You don't give them a list to live by, you don't hammer away at the law that's still over them,

you're going to find people are going to just run wild.

It's heresy.

It's called antonomianism against law, against restrictions, against boundaries.

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