Living the Message

Today, Jason talked about Colossians 2: 26-23 where Paul is addressing the problem of legalism. We have a tendency to set up rules so we know what to expect. God did give us the 10 Commandments as a rule for our lives, but He knew we couldn't keep them. We are dependent on His grace in Jesus Christ to fulfill the law. In "The Shack", Mack has a discussion with God about this very thing. God tells him that He wants a relationship with His people and not for them to just be following the rules.

In Christ, we have freedom from the rules that society puts on us - the things that other people might expect to see from what their view of a Christian should be. What does it mean to die with Christ? Perhaps it means to die to that part of ourselves which is trying to gain acceptance from society by following their view of the rules. We are then free to live a life of expectancy to the good things in Christ.