“Our foolishness is evident when we think that we can overcome our enslavement to sin by human effort or by the strict enforcement of some well-intentioned program. No program can set a person free; only Christ can give freedom.”
We don’t change in order to come to Christ. We come to Christ in order to change. Those who are “enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures” (Titus 3:3) need the support of the Christian community. Within the Christian community their needs can be met through a relationship with Christ. “Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order that they may provide for daily necessities and not live unproductive lives” (v.14). Those who are chemically addicted have a need for eternal life, identity, acceptance, security and significance that can only be met in Christ. In Christ, they do not remain alcoholics or addicts; they become children of God!
Excerpted from the “Freedom in Christ Study Bible” available at: http://www.allbibles.com/itemdesc.asp?Ic=0310908728
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