One of the most neglected (and hardest to really understand) concepts from the New Testament is our freedom from the law. It is one of the central messages of Paul, it is the undercurrent of many of Jesus' teachings about the law, and is essential for how we understand Jesus' sufficiency for our salvation.
A lot of people think that Christianity is just a bunch of rules to follow, but that is emphatically not true. In fact, Paul teaches that the written code (religious rules) were nailed to the cross with Jesus (Colossians 2:13-14), meaning that since Jesus fulfilled the law on our behalf, rules no longer have anything to do with our acceptance before God. So what does that mean? Does it mean we should live however we feel like living? Does it mean we should follow the rules anyway, just out of respect? I do my best to scratch the surface of what this all means for us in Sunday's message...
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