Just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should. Christ has given us freedom from the law through His resurrection, but that doesn't mean that it is good for us to run around doing whatever we like. Of course, we are saved regardless, but we are not effective if we are living with sin.
The things that seem right and feel good in this world are just temporary. Even the things that we need to survive will not last. Paul reminds us that we have to eat every day to fill our stomach and we have a stomach for the purpose of eating. In the end, though, that is just a temporary way of getting us through this life. God is going to take both food and the stomach away and give us something better. So, if the things that are good and necessary in this life are not good enough to last, then why would even want to consider spending any time with the things that are not good or necessary in this life?
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