“As you read this, you may be thinking, “Well, that’s not my problem. I have never struggled with whether or not I am under the law. I’ve always known better.” That may be true, but that was true for me too! I would never have said that I needed to adhere to the Jewish law — far from it. It wasn’t the law of Moses that was holding me hostage; it was my own modern-day form of law that I was trying to live out.
'Having raised my antennae toward the Christian world around me, I intercepted the subtle message that there are requirements to remain in God’s favor. This collection of “Thou shalts” — read your Bible, share your faith, participate in a lot of “church” — was a measuring stick by which I determined my worth and stand- ing. These criteria served as a concrete way of determining whether or not I was in right relationship with God.
“I had already accepted the work of Christ as the means to heaven. But it was my approach to daily living that was beating me up. Law as an everyday operating system was doing its work.”—The Naked Gospel, page 81
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Ah yes, the hidden law that is taught to most young believers...
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