I am not naming any organized religions, but if you get my gist have we in essence created a new “Law??”  You know the Law of the Old Testament which has been done away with…one based on performance and deeds and actions?  This came to me today when I was reading a Scripture from Galatians about the fruit of the Spirit. You know the one that names all the works of the flesh - idolatry, strife, hatreds, drunkenness, etc???  Look at verse 23 of chapter 5….

“Against such things there is no law”  Do you know what this means???  Forms of behavior are easy to legislate (drunkenness, strife, envy, jealous, idolatry, drugs, etc etc.) but you cannot command love, joy, peace and the things of the heart. These things are so far outside the LAW……but why don’t we focus on them??  If these are the fruits of the Spirit….these are the things we should be BEARING on our tree, why don’t we talk about them?

Why are we so focused on making sure that we aren’t going there, or aren’t DOING this, or that…..things that can be legislated by man.  It’s these character issues that are OUTSIDE the things we can legislate that we leave alone.

Is something terribly wrong here????