Welcome, that's not God you're listening to. You can verify whether it's God's voice by checking scripture. As a Christian (of that typical southern Baptist flavor) and a former alcoholic, I can assure you God doesn't have a problem with the plum wine in my fridge right now.
As to you feeling free, no one feels free. We're all slaves to something or blissfully ignorant of it. You're a slave to your habits, thoughts, others opinions, an image of yourself you pretend to be, all sorts of things. You freedom lies in what you choose to be a slave to. A lot of atheist make themselves slaves to science and reason. A few Christians make themselves slaves to the Law, etc. and so on. If you want freedom from feeling remorse, guilt or just bad about the things you're doing... it's pretty simple... don't do them. First you have to make sure your conduct is in-line with what you want.... then you can aspire to the divine. FWIW, I don't think God punishes us for our sins after Jesus' sacrifice. There's enough consequence out there for our own consequences to manifest.
As to you feeling free, no one feels free. We're all slaves to something or blissfully ignorant of it. You're a slave to your habits, thoughts, others opinions, an image of yourself you pretend to be, all sorts of things. You freedom lies in what you choose to be a slave to. A lot of atheist make themselves slaves to science and reason. A few Christians make themselves slaves to the Law, etc. and so on. If you want freedom from feeling remorse, guilt or just bad about the things you're doing... it's pretty simple... don't do them. First you have to make sure your conduct is in-line with what you want.... then you can aspire to the divine. FWIW, I don't think God punishes us for our sins after Jesus' sacrifice. There's enough consequence out there for our own consequences to manifest.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
