| Cross Words: Less Is More |
Richard Prow ~ rpcrosswords@gmail.com
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Our nation is one of laws it is said. We have regulation and ordinances to cover almost every aspect of every facet of our lives. From construction to entertainment. From education to farming policies and laws dictate how we should act.
With the tens of thousands of laws on our nation’s books, one would think we would be a law-abiding country. But we’re not. We are as a whole, one of the most unlawful nations in the world. We cheat, steal, lie, covet and murder with the worst of them.
Would more laws benefit us? I think we’ve already proven they would not. The more laws we have, the more we find ways to break them. So what will it take?
The best governments, businesses, teams, etc., have fewer rules/laws, than their competition. They do maintain one or two basic principles or objectives in order to stay on task. Everything the organization does or doesn’t do is to accomplish those objectives.
The church is to function in the same manner. We have two objectives. Glorify God and help steer others into a relationship with Him. We need not have thousands of rules to do that.
Jesus summed up the Bible and the churches’ objective in two sentences. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” The second is this: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Mark 12:30-31). That’s considerably shorter than any set of church by-laws I’ve ever read.
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