Here I am, studying to lead Bible Study tomorrow, and I am hit with how much of a Pharisee I am. I have spent my life looking down on these guys for being against Jesus and wanting to crucify him, when in actuality, I am one.
These Pharisees where defending their way of life - adding rules to God's law. Sure, I haven't added anything to "Thou shalt not murder," but I have added me own "rules" to the way I believe we should live a godly life.
We should only worship with songs, and those songs have to be off a specific list, take communion a certain way, dress a specific way at church, talk to only with the "right" people, etc. I see now that some of those rules are what non-believers can't stand in today's Christian. Why should i follow Christ when there are all these "extra" things I have to do to stay in his good graces?
Reading through Luke 5:33-6:11 and studying the context, I realized that the Pharisees added rules are like the rules Christians create today in churches. I ask for forgiveness from anyone I may have turned off to Christianity because of my stubborn ideals of how a Christian should act.
What are some of the "added" rules you have? Are your rules turning people away from Christ rather than bringing them closer to His love?
Monday, August 27, 2007
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