Playing God

Why is it Christians wants to make up so many rules?

Don’t get me wrong, rules are important.
But there are some very legalistic Christians out there that only seem to be happy when they have a list of do’s and don’ts…

I personally think they are lazy Christians that don’t want to wrestle with Scriptures to let the Holy Ghost guide them. So what do they do? They let others make up the rules… It is just so much easier that way.
What are some rules that Christians have made up that are not in the Bible?Here are a few:

Must only use the KJV
Women must never wear pants
Men must not have hair on their face
Women must not cut their hair
Women must wear head-coverings
Christians cannot play cards
Christians cannot go to the movies
Christians cannot go to sporting events
Contemporary music is of the devil
We must sing only 300 yr old hymns.
It ain’t preachin if the preacher ain’t spittin

Now am I saying that a woman that believes she should wear dresses all the time is being legalistic…..NO, not at all. That is a conviction that she has, and should follow it.
For instance, we used to have friends that believed that a woman must wear dresses all the time in order to be right with God… When we went to visit them, my wife would wear a dress. The other woman never told my wife to, but my wife did it out of respect for her friend. Is it my wife’s conviction to wear dresses… no, she can dress modestly in jeans.

Another example: My wife’s grandmother believes that card playing is wrong… so when she would come to visit us, we would hide the rummy cards…. out of respect for her.

So when does it cross the line?When others take their convictions and make a list for others to follow…They are then playing God.

God says that he has written the law on our hearts. Why do we need man made lists then?The answer….If we can check off everything on the list, then we “feel” holy.That makes us feel good.And we can be proud that we are right, and others are wrong.But you see, pride is a sin too…

I want to challenge you to ask yourself why you hold to the standards you do.Is it because you have wrestled with them?Or did someone playing God come along, and enslave you to their convictions?

More later…