April 27, 2020-Chapter 6: "O Wretched Man That I Am"- Question: 2

QUESTION: 2

What is the great danger of the Christian life, for many Christians, when it comes to our walk with Jesus and our relationship with God? Why? (Page 56)

ANSWER To Question 2 (As stated by the Author)

I want from these words to describe the path by which a man can be led out of the spirit of bondage into the spirit of liberty. You know how distinctly it is said: "Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear." We are continually warned that this is the great danger of the Christian life, to go again into bondage; and I want to describe the path by which a man can get out of bondage into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

What the author is saying here that it is so easily to fall back into bondage with our walk with our Lord. The moment we put ourselves, (our self-will), in the position of making our own decisions, we have placed ourselves into bondage, because we are again making decisions base on "our works"...trying to prove ourselves to God. To walk in the "liberty of the Spirit", we don't have to prove ourselves. The works has already been completed by what Jesus did on the cross for us. As stated by Jesus: "It is finished!" (John 19:30)