August 21, 2012 Right Teaching

Right Teaching Matthew 15:8-9 These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men. HOW do you decide the right thing to do? That’s a question that seems to come up several times a day as you are involved in work, family, church and even your leisure time. At the foundation of your response to, “What should I do?” are some basic rules to help you sort out the right “doing” from the wrong “doing”. As Jesus stepped onto the world’s stage to announce the Kingdom of God, he proclaimed he had come to “free the prisoners” (Luke 4:18). This statement referred to those imprisoned in sin’s ways. And one of sin’s ways was the Jewish way of adding to God’s law. God’s gave his law to his people so they would know what to do and what not do as they related to him and to each other. God’s law freed his people to clearly answer, “What do I do?” And God’s good law cared well for his people’s spiritual and physical life. As Jesus came to “fulfill the Law” (Matthew 5:17), he came to release his people from restrictive rules formed by the Jewish culture through the centuries. Those cultural rules caused people to focus on their human leaders instead of the Lord God. Jesus’ teachings were to turn mankind’s focus off man’s ways and onto God’s truth. As you decide, “What do I do?” base your choices on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Indeed, by his blood, he has set you free from sin and the world’s ways. A good thing to thing to do is to do is what Jesus has taught you to do. It’s True! This works for all of you decisions.