Deuteronomy 12:32 KJV
What thing soever I command you, observe to do
it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
And here
describes the sinful nature of man when it comes to our religion; our
propensity to either add to or diminish from all that God has said
On the one hand
there are those who would reject certain of the principles and lessons of God's
Word. Whether it has to do with
- Principles of
separation or
- Disciplines of church
attendance or
- Instructions in
marriage and family life
There are those
who call any attempt to observe all things whatsoever the Lord commands
legalism.
But on the
other hand, there are those who would always add to God's laws their own ideas
for men:
- They turn politics
into a spiritual duty
- They make the
ordinances into sacraments of grace
- They make a church service into a sacred Mass
We must learn
to lean only upon what is written in the Word of God. Our sole rule of faith
and practice is the Bible delivered to us from God. What it says must be
obeyed. What it leaves silent must not be forced upon another.
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