HE COULDVE, BUT HE DIDNT.... MATTHEW 12:1-8. Gods standards - TopicsExpress



          

HE COULDVE, BUT HE DIDNT.... MATTHEW 12:1-8. Gods standards were intended for our good-TO MERCIFULLY MEET HIS PEOPLES NEEDS. But legalism abuses Gods laws. Following Gods laws to the letter can easily violate the very reasons that God gave them in the first place. God gave the Sabbath laws to protect his people from over-work, but the Pharisees applied this law so rigidly that the Sabbath became a day of rigorous self-denial-THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT GOD INTENDED. The Pharisees employed Gods Word for restrictive and enslaving purposes rather than for spiritual freedom and balance. In His mercy, God offers us salvation and hope instead of condemnation. If God had wanted to crush us with legalism, he would never have sent Jesus to die for us. He would have let us die in our sins. HesAGodOf2ndChances
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:25:13 +0000

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