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But, when\u00a0the Pharisees\u2019s came along, they decided the law needed more detail<\/strong>.\u00a0In fact, they added pages and pages of interpretation.\u00a0<\/span>People like that really annoy me. What about you?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yet, the Apostle James said that when we quibble that another Christian isn’t doing it our way, we are setting up random laws just like the Pharisees.\u00a0\u201cHe who speaks against a brother, and judges his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law<\/em>\u201d (James 4:11).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n You see, <\/span>God\u2019s law in Christ Jesus<\/a> is meant to actually<\/span>\u00a0simplify our rule-keeping<\/span> rather than increase it. You\u2019ve been <\/span>set free<\/a> from meticulous perfectionism.\u00a0<\/span>There is now only one Law: Life.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Life-Law<\/span> is\u00a0hearing<\/strong> moment by moment what to do next. This is done by listening directly to\u00a0His Spirit.<\/a>\u00a0We are no longer bound by religious \u201cought-to\u2019s\u201d<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We don\u2019t escape from legalism\u00a0(or sin for that matter)\u00a0by predetermining<\/strong>\u00a0what we will do next. That has never worked<\/a>. And still won\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Instead, the\u00a0plan is to simply agree<\/span> with His plan. We turn the \u201cdoing of it\u201d over<\/a> to Him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Predetermining procedures<\/a>\u00a0simply takes the Life-breath out of walking in the Spirit<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Fastidiously splitting hairs just\u00a0drags others<\/strong> into our misery. Before we know it, we are pressing them into our self-made mold<\/strong> and trash-talking them when they slip out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n If God has not particularly spelled out a mode of action<\/strong> in His Word, He must have a broad interpretation<\/strong> for the way it can be enacted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then why do we think our particular interpretation\u00a0is<\/strong>\u00a0the only way<\/strong> it can be achieved? (It\u2019s the Lord who will accomplish<\/a> what concerns you, remember?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the most part, let others be<\/strong>, dear Christian. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cDo not speak against one another.<\/em><\/a>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n That’s the only way to give<\/span>\u00a0God space<\/span> to work within you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We are to do what the Life-law breathes<\/span> upon us to do – and that is usually something simple<\/strong> like keeping your mouth shut or loving the unlovely.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let God breathe<\/span> suitable actions into your fellow Christian<\/a>. That\u2019s when BodyLife will work.\u00a0He is work<\/a>ing everything out for the good of the whole.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From God’s viewpoint, there were\u00a0only\u00a0two tablets worth of laws.\u00a0Since\u00a0He wrote them Himself, He must have had in mind how much stone it would take. But, when\u00a0the Pharisees\u2019s came along, they decided the law needed more detail.\u00a0In fact, they added pages and pages of interpretation.\u00a0People like that really annoy me. What about you? Yet, the Apostle James said … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hungryformore.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/img_5038-300x228.jpg\" "\\"img_5038\\"")
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