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Christianity Is Not A Smorgasbord !

After reading the article this week from NewsWeek (sorry I have no link)  it really shows how some will go to great links to twist the word of God to justify the acceptance of sin.  (sound familiar, Satan has been using this tactic since the days in the garden.   Probably because it works !  ).  Well, I found this poem this morning that really sums up how God's laws arent for our picking and choosing.  It really spoke to my spirit this morning and even convicting of my own picking and choosing sometimes when my fleshy ways wants its own way.

Christianity is not a Smorgasbord
by Jan Lutz

When God gave the Ten Commandments,
He did not mean pick and choose
Which of these you will obey
And which you will refuse.

It was in stone that He wrote:
"Thou shalt" and "Thou shalt not."
He didn't write: "It's your choice-
You may or you may not."

These laws He gave are for our good
In breaking them we are broken.
"I came not to destroy, but to fulfill the law"
Are words by Jesus spoken.

Though we can't keep His law perfectly
He calls us to holy living.
Obedience to God isn't optional,
But a command that we've been given.

Genuine love for God involves
Honoring Him above all else,
Using His name respectfully,
Regular worship in His house.

Love to humanity is shown
By honoring father and mother,
By purity in speech, though, and act,
And causing no harm to others.

Bearing one another's burdens
Fulfills the law of the Lord,
Who offers us a banquet-
But not a smorgasbord.

WoW

8:59 PM, Friday, December 12, 2008 .. Posted by Raina

thanks for posting this. In my BC (before Christ) days, I used to say, well at least I don't do that one! But that's not the point, we should strive to keep all the commandments. The greatest of these is Love.

Giving God Glory in all I do,
Raina