Why Jesus was a threat to the legalists
Part of Jesus' purpose on earth was to set the captives free. He is still about the same business through His followers. True freedom can be a scary thing for those who think they are living in freedom but are not truly. Apart from the saving grace of the Lord in our lives, we are all captives to sin. We are each of us born with a sin nature. No exceptions. From Hitler to Mother Theresa, we are all born into sin. God, in His loving compassion, sent His Son, Jesus, to earth to set us free from sin! He saw firsthand the devastation of the bondage of sin. And because He loves us, He does not want to see us enslaved or in bondage to anything! The sad fact is that this truth is not what most people think of when they think of Christianity. They think of it as a bunch of rules and regulations to follow and that is not what it's about at all! When we are born again, the blameless, perfect, and holy God comes to live inside of us via the Holy Spirit. It is then, and only then,