My friend Roger Smith, a pastor down in Texas, wrote this as his Facebook status. It absolutley rocks!
Check it out:
Legalism’s little god demands that we force others to agree or face the consequences. Legalism allows hatred in the name of the God of love. It removes the Holy Spirit from the equation and allows man to act as the agent of judgment. The result? Crusades, Inquisitions, Witch Trials, burning at the stake, blowing up clinics. Hatred. Jesus Christ is love.
Powerful statement. Stinging truth.
jamie