Bunker Hill Community Church

The Perversion of Christian Liberty and Holiness


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Two terms that most Christians are familiar with are Christian liberty and holiness. But it isn't certain whether most Christians have a biblical view of either. As Paul addresses the church at Corinth about their rampant immorality in 1 Corinthians 6, he bases his entire argument on a proper understanding of Christian liberty and holiness, which the Corinthian church had perverted for their own purposes. The issue at the center of it all was whether the physical body, or the outward conduct, was really all that important when it came to holiness, since "man judges by the outward appearance, but God knows our hearts." Many believers, both then and today, put minimal emphasis on the outward expression of holiness, and anyone who does is labeled a "legalist." Yet in 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, Paul reminds us that what we do with our bodies does matter, since our bodies "were made for the Lord" and it is our BODY in which the Holy Spirit of God dwells. Therefore, what we do with our bodies as believers is just as important as what is happening in our hearts as we continue the Christian journey.
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Bunker Hill Community ChurchBy Ross Fichter