Why do we detest seat belts?
Recently, there has been a number of accidents where people were badly hurt or even died because they were not buckled up. I guess we don’t quite like seat belts because they are restrictive – they restrict our movements, curtail our freedom and we feel stifled. Yet they serve a very important function. They protect us from being flown out of the car or from any form of concussion whenever we are involved in an accident. Yes, seat belts restrict us in order to protect us.
Likewise, we always think that God’s laws are very restrictive. They curtail our freedom and they stifle our adventurous nature. I hear some people put up such a defence: God’s laws DO NOT serve to restrict. They serve to protect. My response: God’s laws DO serve to restrict and I will not apologise for that but they serve to restrict in order to protect. Given our sinful nature, we need God’s laws to rein us in. Otherwise, we will have a natural inclination to pursue evil to the detriment of both body and soul.
Comments?
Rev Lee Kien Seng
TWPC
Recently, there has been a number of accidents where people were badly hurt or even died because they were not buckled up. I guess we don’t quite like seat belts because they are restrictive – they restrict our movements, curtail our freedom and we feel stifled. Yet they serve a very important function. They protect us from being flown out of the car or from any form of concussion whenever we are involved in an accident. Yes, seat belts restrict us in order to protect us.
Likewise, we always think that God’s laws are very restrictive. They curtail our freedom and they stifle our adventurous nature. I hear some people put up such a defence: God’s laws DO NOT serve to restrict. They serve to protect. My response: God’s laws DO serve to restrict and I will not apologise for that but they serve to restrict in order to protect. Given our sinful nature, we need God’s laws to rein us in. Otherwise, we will have a natural inclination to pursue evil to the detriment of both body and soul.
Comments?
Rev Lee Kien Seng
TWPC
1 comment:
Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live... at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin' to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!
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