As I reflect on it extreme legalism is one of the most dangerous things that causes other Christians to become a stumbling block to their young fellow Christians so this is just a word of encouragement to those Christians who've been mistakenly branded as worldly by their fellow Christians.

How could you stay so stagnant

You said you’ve learned the truth

Yet you live your life in bondage

To utter fear and guilt

If the truth shall set us free

You said so yourself

Then why does you soul shiver

Like a death row convict?

Why won’t you look beyond this cheap trick

Of the legalistic scribes and pharisees

That still follow the Levitical creeds

We’re above the law because we’re under grace

Walk not in slavery step into the light

Its not the rituals and traditional cannons

That set you apart for life everlasting

Its the grace of God that makes us heirs to his kingdom

Why won’t you look beyond this cheap trick

Of the legalistic scribes and pharisees

That still follow the Levitical creeds

We’re above the law because we’re under grace

Its not a talk of religion or of denomination

Its not about Mary and the Pope who’s in Rome

Its not about being good or being sincere

Its not a point system and we could be sincerely wrong

Its all about having a relationship

With the Father in Heaven

By claiming the victory of His only Son

Who died for our sins and rose up on that great Sunday

Why won’t you look beyond this cheap trick

Of the legalistic scribes and pharisees

That still follow the Levitical creeds

We’re above the law because we’re under grace

posted by m35b @ Wednesday, June 02, 2004

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