We Are Free in Christ ! The Motive for Christ is to Free Us ! The bible Says this So thats what we are up against. We Are all prisoners doomed for hell unless we believe ! Today is the day of Independence !
God has mercy on us and there is hope - the best example is the apostle paul's life he was a murderer by conspiracy and if he had his way everyone would be dead who believed in Jesus, but God changed that and turned him into the greatest preacher and apostle so there is hope for us on the continuum of sin
We Should be more joyful but get trapped into the mentality that permeates our culture - God is above the culture and makes it all worthwile even the blahs, headaches, frustrations, grouchiness, envy, strife etc Rejoice again Rejoice ! That is the main Bible Message !