Tuesday, January 17
a keeping of the law
"true Christian life, true spirituality, is not merely a negative no-doing of any small list of things. Even if the list began tas a very excellent list of things to beware of in that particular historic setting, we still must emphasize that the Christian life, or true spirituality, is more than refraining from a certain external list of taboos in a mechanical way." -Francis A. Schaeffer
"One mustn't make the Christian life into a punctilious system of law...Nothing gives one a more spuriously good conscience that keeping rules, even if there has been a total absence of all real charity and faith." -C.S. Lewis
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Oh, how I am plagued by this daily. I can't help but wonder if Christ would call me a Pharisee. Regardless, I know I would only be that much more legalistic and law-bound if I were apart from Him.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, were you reading both books at the same time!:-) Man I love Schaeffer.
ReplyDeleteIt was my first Schaeffer book I read. He has an entire section on the law that is really good.
ReplyDeleteYou always come up with the best quotes. Keep it up...
That is so good! Anytime you talk with someone new about the Gospel, what they want to focus on is all the things they wouldn't be able to do if they followed Christ. It is not about what we can't do, it is about the freedom that being a Christian brings! The apostles certainly didn't "look back" at all they would be missing out on by following Jesus, and look at how ridiculous and extreme they must have looked to their peers! Pursuing all righteousness is definately the key here.
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