Where Nothing is Forbidden

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Ga5.22

The other day in class, we were discussing the incorrect notion that says, because God is all powerful, He can do anything. In truth, there is a great deal of difference in saying that God can do anything and God can do all He desires. The fact is, God can’t do anything. He cannot lie, sin or act immoral. He cannot render Himself so as to stop existing or do anything that denies His essential nature. God is light, there is no darkness in Him nor can there be, just as darkness and light cannot coexist in the same place and time in the physical world.
Now, God can do all He desires. Because all that God desires is good, all that He does is good. It has been said that God is a law unto Himself. We might misunderstand this to say that God wants to do wrong but keeps Himself from it. God cannot do wrong for He has within Himself no desire to do so. He is love, joy, peace, patience. He is goodness defined. There is no law against these qualities, No law is needed where pure love rules.
God invites us to this life. We are so obsessed with rules and regulations, focusing on what is not allowed, what is forbidden. We linger around the fence, longingly looking at forbidden pleasures on the other side. God’s Spirit calls us to turn around and look at all that is allowed. He invites us to run into the playground where nothing is forbidden because nothing wrong is desired. 3/19/07 ts