Overcoming the Religious Spirit ebook - MorningStar Ministries

Those who are obedient will have nothing to
fear from what is coming but can look forward
to a godly prosperity in the midst of famine.
Those who continue in disobedience will pay
a terrible price for it.
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We were bought with the highest price
that could be paid—the blood of the Lamb.
Because “the borrower becomes the
lender’s slave” (see Proverbs 22:7), when
we go into debt we sell ourselves to become
the slave of another. If we belong to Christ
we are not our own to sell. When we go into
debt we are actually selling that which belongs
to God.
Does this mean we should never go into
debt for anything? In principle this is true.
However, we must understand that we do
not live under the law—there is a difference
between principles and laws. Laws cannot be
broken, but there are exceptions to principles.
This does not mean we can just disregard
principles any time we want to. It means that
we need to hear very clearly from the Lord
to do so.
For example, I know some people who
years ago felt they should not go into debt
for a house, even though the mortgage was
less than the lease payments and the house
was in an appreciating market. At the time I
felt that this debt was permissible, but they
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