[metmom]

Studying God’s Word ping

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Best thing that ever happened to me was when the bondage of legalism was broken in 1973. We had legalism drilled into us since we were small kids.
When my mom was on her deathbed she cried to her “preachers” that she was scared to die as “I’m afraid I have not done enough!”

I wanted to yell, “It is not what YOU have done for Christ, It is what Christ has done for YOU!”

They assured her she had “done enough” which causes me to wonder how THEY knew she had “done enough.”

[wafflehouse]

does this sound like enslavement?

Psalm 119 (the whole thing is pretty informative)
14 In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.
16 I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.

18 Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your TORAH.

20 My soul is consumed with longing for your rules at all times.

24 Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.

33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, that I may keep your TORAH and observe it with my whole heart.
35 Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.