A visitor to Steve McVey’s church handed him a brochure from her church and
invited him to visit. They titled their brochure: “Biblical Standards For Christians”. The brochure claimed scripture support for all their “standards”. Here are a few:
- No dancing or mixed bathing
- Do not wear jewelry
- Do not wear makeup
- Men must wear their hair short
- Do not go to ball games, rodeos, circuses, rodeos, bowling alleys, skating rinks or theaters
- Do not dye your hair
- Women are to wear “modest clothes with moderate colors and moderate prices with decent dress lengths, sleeve lengths and necklines.” ¹
Many Christians might say such rules are absurd. They aren’t to the folks who embrace them. These rules beg the question: what set of rules do you follow? Some may say, “Oh, I try to live by what the Bible says.”
Will living by any set of rules achieve God’s best for us? I don’t think so. Ourr lives are not built on a set of rules. Don’t we live our lives in Jesus Christ and our relationship with Him? Everything else about us is supposed to flow out of that relationship.
¹Grace Amazing; by Steve McVey; © 2001, by Steve McVey; Harvest House Publishers; page 128
I think if we follow the Spirit and the law of Love it sums up all of the law.
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Great thought, Emily. Glad you’re back to blogging again.
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