Then He said, “The Son of Man is no slave to the Sabbath; He’s in charge.” (Luke 6:5 The Message)
Legalists
No one loved the Law like Jesus. No one kept the Law like Jesus. No one obeyed the Law like Jesus.
In fact, His perfect obedience provides a replacement for our DISobedience. We could not be saved without it.
But sometimes we are more legalist than Jesus.
The purpose of the Law is to help God’s people. The purpose of the Law is to show us God’s desires. The purpose of the Law is to introduce us to our need for Christ, and then pull us into Him.
The purpose of the Law is NOT simply to obey the Law.
We are not Law-ians… we are Christians. We are not Obedienc-ians… we are Christians. We are not Perfect-ians… we are Christians.
And that turns the religious world upside down.