LAW AND GRACE
There is a strong tendency among Christians to work hard in the flesh in order to please God. However, Scripture warns against legalism: “For as many are of the works of the Law are under a curse: for it is written, ‘Cursed is every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the Law, to perform them.’ Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, “The righteous man shall live by faith.” The story is told of a tyrannical husband who demanded that his wife conform to rigid standards of his choosing. She was to do certain things for him as a wife, mother and homemaker. In time she came to hate her husband as much as she hated his list of rules and regulations. Then, one day he died – mercifully as far as she was concerned. Some time later, she fell in love with another man whom she…
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