Lawless

Luke 6:46-49

New International Version (NIV)

The Wise and Foolish Builders

⁴⁶ “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? ⁴⁷ As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. ⁴⁸ They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. ⁴⁹ But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”

Lawlessness is the state of being unrestrained by the law.  The law is a keeper.  The laws of God are the grace of God.  It is a loving God that will tell you that the stove is hot, watch you touch it anyway and then help you deal with the burn.  When he tells you that the stove is hot, he is laying down the law.  He tells us through his precepts what we can and cannot do.  He draws the line in the sand, but he never forbids us to peek over into the other realm and he certainly does not restrain us from going over.  That is the work of the law.  It only can restrain you if you allow it to.  I have stepped over that line and then ran back so quick, it looks like I never left.  I asked God, "Why did he let me do this?"and that is not the correct question.  The question is, "Why did I do this?"  Why did I choose to disobey the law and have my house floating downstream.  In the scripture, both houses were beaten by the torrent.  In the scripture, the flood came for both houses.  Only the house built on God's word stood.  Then the other question to ask is, "Why do I call him Lord, if I don't do what he says".  Is is fashionable to call him Lord?  Is it your tradition to call him Lord?  His laws can save us from a world of hurt, even without his hand.