I was sitting at my desk this rainy afternoon and thought I would read the book of Galatians. I will admit it is one of my favorite books of the Bible. It gives me real hope that we live by faith and nothing else!
I have been troubled the past few months with the subject of "tradition". We as the modern day church, and this seems to be all churches I have ever seen, have so many rules and regulations on church. Is this just another form of Law? We seem to be still enslaving ourselves to a new law. Jesus did not come, live, and die to establish a new law. I thought He came and died to bring in Grace by Faith!
25Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.
Gal. 3:25
Why put more burdens on ourselves when it's not the way of scripture?
6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. Gal. 5:6
I beleive that we should show respect in all aspects of life, our elders, leaders, and yes most definetly the church facility, I truly don't see it as law.
13You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature[a]; rather, serve one another in love. 14The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."[b] 15If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other. Gal. 5:13-15
I think as Christians we need to "mellow out" a little. We need unchurched coming through the doors and getting saved. Hopfully this will happen and when it does, these dear people will not know the "rules" we have in our flesh established. The new circumcision as I like to call it. If a new Christian does not know our customs they should be approached with kindness, or maybe we could just start right now doing away with tradition, stuff that is not in the Bible any way! I know we think if grandma or aunt & uncle so and so did it that's the way it should be done, but that don't make it Gospel!
This was alot more difficult to write than normal, but I truly felt lead. With that I will end the same way I always do:
I Love You and I know the Lord Loves You!!!!!!!
In HIM Brian F
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