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Rock Point Church · all sermons
Pastor Bill Bush · Jul 6, 2026
Colossians 3:17 teaches that real freedom in Christ is not a license to do whatever we want, nor is it a divided life split between 'spiritual' and 'everyday' compartments. Because believers have been given a new name and a new identity in Jesus, they are free from living a fractured, pretend existence and free to live every moment, whatever they do or say, from the same identity they express in worship. This freedom flows from receiving God's grace, which produces genuine thankfulness, and thankfulness is what makes obedience possible rather than exhausting. Living divided, whether by ignoring God's authority outright or by quietly resenting it like a dutiful older brother, both miss the point: Jesus already gave us freedom, and we don't have to earn what grace already provided.