“We are too inclined to think of law as something merely restrictive – something hemming us in. We sometimes think of law as the opposite of Liberty. That is a false conception. God does not contradict Himself. He did not create us and then, as an afterthought, impose upon us a set of arbitrary, irritating, restrictive rules. He made us free – and then gave us the Ten Commandments to keep us free. The greatest threat to Liberty is lawlessness. And, the greatest assurance of Liberty is respect for law. ‘Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy Liberty in law.’”
…Acclaimed filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille
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Please read the above quote and come back here and ponder on my observation please.
After reading the words and sentiment above a Christian of today may say to themselves, he must have been Christian look how he mentions God and how he points out how man was created to be free and so on. Well maybe he was and maybe not 🤷♂️
I will agree that the quote holds merit and it does contain some truth but the fact remains that a major movie mogul and originator of the modern film industry said this and all of us today see the cesspool that Hollywood is now and has been for decades so my point to all of this is.....
Saint Paul tells us to seek out truth and wherever it is found that we should question it, probe it and test it and keep what is right and true and let go of the rest.(1Thes chap5 vv 21-22) Scripture states that God allows the rain to fall upon the just and the unjust alike. (Matt 5: 45) Prophecy and gifts of the spirit also anoint a person in life but does the person walk toward those gifts and toward the originator and giver of these gifts or does the person decide to use the gifts to put themselves under the spotlight of life and to collect from the world all that it desires to give them in return for using and sharing those gifts upon the world and its unsaved masses? Let not the body of Christ only assume a person's identity in Christ and their heart merely on good words but allow God to show us who is a true follower of the risen Lord. Ask God our Father to show us whom we can incline our spiritual ear to and who not to entertain with our time, spirit and treasure. Are there false prophets, yes, but there are also true prophets who utilize their God given gifts only for self promotion and once in a while they allow a few bits of heavenly truth to fall off of their table so that even the dogs could have something to eat.(Matt 15: 27) You take offense to that? You want to scold me? First notice how you coil up and are ready to strike because one of your mentors comes to mind and you want to defend them because deep inside you see how you sit by their table hoping for a new revelation, a new insight that will brighten your day and allow you to go on your way and feel relieved that heaven is watching over you. Notice that! Notice how your outlook of this day hangs in the balance until you have that word of conformation and hear me now;
You have the word of Almighty God at your fingertips on your smart phone, in your Bible and hopefully engraved upon your heart. Mr. DeMille spoke of freedom and now I say exercise Your freedom!! Pray to your heavenly Father for insight, truth, revelation and open your Bible app, open your Bible on your night stand and read!!! Your outlook of today will begin when you engage with Him, amen? True freedom is always being in connection with our heavenly Father, with that connection we will understand all He intends for us to know on that given day and maybe more the next day but our Father understands us so well that He paces out our exposure to His truth so that it will soak in like water onto fertile soil and not roll off like water poured onto sand. Go and be filled today with all that the Father wishes for you to have and let that be enough. God bless.