I Don’t Have To Follow Your Rules!!!!!!

Why are there so many rules to this Christian walk? Why are we so concerned about making sure everyone follows the rules before the join the crowd? Where does Grace fall in to play? How about Mercy? Well let me start off by saying that man has placed the rules upon the Christian walk and that is why we struggle with them. You see God knows that we have to have a relationship with Him before we will even want to try and follow the rules. I heard a great preacher say Rules before Relationship always produces Rebellion. Don’t believe that. Look into your own life and see how that has played out for you and yours. We as the church have moved so far away from what Jesus did. We want people to look like us, act like us and talk like us before they can join us. Like what we have is controlled by us. Hey remember Jesus would simply ask people to follow Him. He just wanted to develop a relationship with them and then they would change. The congregations that are doing the work Jesus have instructed us to do have figured this out. They are having relationships with people of all walks of life so that they will have the chance to share Jesus with them. You see that is where grace and mercy step in. God gave you grace and mercy when you weren’t playing by the rules. When you were lost and wanted nothing to do with Him, it was extended to you. Even since you have begun your relationship, when you get off track, here comes grace and mercy again. We should sue our brains for non-support if we think we deserved that and other people don’t. So let me ask you, are you expecting people to be perfect right out of the gates? I mean you want them to speak christianese and dress christianese and act christianese. Build a relationship and leave the rest up to God.