A line in the last part of the Hell’s Bells series really frightened me: “Do what thou wilt”. It is supposedly the primary law of Satan. As far as I’m concerned, I’m guilty of acting for my own pleasure most times, if not every time, and to think that I’m a Christian?!?
In contrast, Christ gave us the greatest commandment, which is to love God with all our mind, strength, and heart. The second commandment is to love our neighbours. I was not asked to love myself which is: “Do what thou wilt”. Loving myself would be sinning, cuz sin originates from loving yourself. Think about it, all pride, greed, malice, lust, anger, gluttony, and evil thoughts comes from loving ourselves.
Now the core of being a Christian would mean to love God first, others second, and ourselves last. It would take superhuman strength to achieve that feat, that’s why we have to empowerment of the Holy Spirit to guide us.
So… will “Do what thou wilt” still reign in you???
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