It struck me recently that God’s laws are not just to “restrict” us or for us to show our obedience.
This realization hit me when I saw the statistic of the average American having a $5k credit card balance and 40% of Americans spending more than they earn.
“Thou Shalt Not Covet” is not a restriction, it is a PROTECTION.
Follow God’s laws, and you will have a good life.
Oppose/ignore them, and your life is much harder than it needs to be.
Very true. The idea that He wants our lives to be any more difficult than we already make them through our own selfishness is absurd.
Precisely. And I think this is what's at the root of the high depression rate lately....I know from my own life that when I was my own moral arbiter, I was becoming more and more miserable.