Human Rights - Part 1
Applies to contents of this very blog. But does it apply to me personally? Where do rights come from? How do I know what my rights are? To what extent should I assert my rights? I’ve been mulling over these questions for a couple of weeks. An unfortunate consequence of childhood is that I sometimes didn’t know how to balance things I heard. I have heard people describe their experience of entire sanctification as, “I gave up all of myself to God. I’ve given up my rights. I’m holding nothing back. I’m completely surrendered to His will.” As a child, hearing “I’ve given up my rights” conveyed the impression that there must have been something wrong with having rights. I started working with 1 Corinthians for a class project this semester. I was surprised to see Paul affirming his own rights repeatedly! That drove me to ask the questions above. I started in the New Testament because that's where I found a believer talking about his personal rights and because I'm more familiar