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Here are only a few:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The right to give eternal life (John 17:2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The right to judge (John 5:27)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The right to everything created (Deut. 10:14)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The right, as head of the church, to gift how he wills (1 Cor 11:3; 12:28)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>God gives us the freedom to act but we should consider at least four things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Am I honoring the Lord?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Am I properly representing the Lord?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Am I giving the Lord his due glory?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Am I respecting God\u2019s rights? (Said another way: am I taking any of God\u2019s rights away from him?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Notice that I didn\u2019t include \u201cam I sinning?\u201d. 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