Why people keep the Law

The contrast between Jesus and the Pharisees and the way they interacted with the Law is significant. The Pharisees definitely kept the Law. But it seems like they kept it for the sake of keeping it. They kept it to prove their righteousness. Their great life purpose was to be Law abiding citizens. Nothing more. Sad.

It is kind of like in Mark 2:27 where Jesus teaches that the sabbath was created for man, not man for the sabbath. We were not created to keep the Law. People came first, then the Law. The Law was created to help people to live in harmony, to love God and to love others. We were created to love, not to keep rules.

So when Jesus applies the Law in new ways, He does it so that it helps us live a life of love. Not healing on the sabbath is certainly not living in love. If u look at a woman with lust in your eyes u may as well have jumped in bed with her because it has the same degrading effect. Being angry with your brother shows as much love as killing him. None.

So can we stop trying to create the idea that we were born to obey the Bible, and instead see that the Bible is exists to help us live. To truly live a life of love. Now let's get reading it.

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