UNITY
Our unity lies not in rules, rituals, and regulations. These imprison us within the walls of religion. The Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes (the church leaders) of Jesus day had the rules, the rituals, the regulations that were the law for uniformity, nothing more than behavior modification. But Jesus said they were blind to the truth, they were dead inside, they were whited sepulchers, graves of destruction.
Uniformity brings condemnation to anyone not wearing the uniform.
True unity, this bond of peace, derives not from the
striving to live up to an impossible standard of legalistic perfection and the
practice of torturing others into the mold so they will be just as miserable as
those already in the club. But in the realization and acceptance of the Holy
Spirit within and without who brings the Prince of Peace into to room who joins
our hands and hearts together to transform us into HIS likeness. Thus, Godly love
prevails over rules, regulations, ritual and religion that fail to fill the
heart with peace and joy unspeakable. Because rules, rituals, regulations and
religion are only about what I do and what I look like and can be lived out in
isolation.
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