Before the start of a basketball game in high school, the captain from the opposing team and the captain from our team would meet with the referees to review some rules. Our captain would return and give us the scoop.
One gym we played in was so small the rule for taking the ball out was a foot had to be placed against the wall by the player. Any rule broken had a penalty.
Some people erroneously believe that being a Christian means being lawless and nothing could be farther from the truth.
An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
Jesus made it abundantly clear that his followers are not saved by keeping the law but have a healthy respect for it because they are saved.
And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Galatians 2:16
know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
Listen to the captain and go out there and play an honest game.
Think about it.
Gary