Question #5 — Are you more comfortable with rules than with relationships?
I’m not talking about explicit biblical admonitions or commands, I’m talking about rules of your own making, rules you feel “Led” to make as what you perceive to be the only legitimate application of what the Bible says. People who believe this find comfort in their rules, it assures them that everything is right with God because they have kept these rules. When the choice comes down to their rules or relationships, the rules win out every time. My good friend Neil Silverberg always jokes that he won't eat ham because he doesn't want to miss heaven on a technicality. God given commands and admonitions are good and righteous and they are designed to enhance and develop Christian relationships not stifle, crush and kill them. Have you ever quit fellowshiping with someone who once you got to know them, you found out they broke most of your man made rules? You established an artificial barrier that actually separates you from other Christians and causes you to disobey the bible. You are a legalist! Jesus loved people He was not put off by their lifestyle.
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