Time and time again religion will continue to be the most controversial to be brought up. Each person views a higher power in a different way depending on their surroundings, who they spend their time with and how they were raised. One person's views can be radically different than anothers and the hard part is you can never figure out who's "right." Being a chiristian i understand that there are many things about my faith that i don't understand. When i get to heaven God will hear a long list of the things i wish i could make sense of right now but i don't have the wisdom or understanding to do so. The most controversial questions seem to be contradicted sometimes throughout scripture, from the old testament to the new the views of "the law" are very widespread. So how to you know what to believe? As a christian how do you live in this secular world and still have a heart for God?
Taking everything the bible says literally have gotten many people into some funny beliefs. For example; "Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk," Exod. 34:26; "Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material," Lev. 19:19; "Make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear," Deut. 22:12).1
We as Christians violate a number of Old Testament laws everyday(e.g., "A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor a man wear women’s clothing," Deut. 22:5; "Rise in the presence of the aged," Lev. 19:32; "The pig is also unclean; although it has a split hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses," Deut. 14:8) to name a few. So why don't we keep these laws? Trying to make sense of this i've found that Jesus gave these laws to people at the time becasue they were causing them to sin. He called them to be respectful and pure just like he calls us today. When he came to die for our sins we stopped neeing to be bounded by rigid laws and practices and became free to worship him and (desire) to please him made us holy. Laws are in place as guidelines on how to live a good life although if God did not show us grace we'd all be in a lot of trouble. It's a tricky subject matter to get to the bottom of but in my opinion God knows your heart. More than following strict guidelines and be morally perfect God wants someone who longs for him to be apart of their lives. You can lead a perfect life but if you have not relied on God as your savior you haven't caught onto his heart. This is good news becasue i am constantly making mistakes and i need grace every day and every minute. But if God see's every sin as the same what makes speeding and murdering different in his eyes? Technically a sin is a sin but some sins are worse than others. God see's sinning as bad no matter what but speeding is not intentionally harming God's creation, murdering is. I can't really answer this other than giving my best wisdom. I think God is after your heart. If you do and say all the right things but have a impure and anxious heart God wants to help you. Sin is apart of the fall. We are inately born with it and although i will never stop sinning i will never stop asking for help either. Just a thought for the day..
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