Living under the Law was not easy. It was a burden every day to try and meet God's standard. Christ changed all of that. He says that His yoke is easy. He says that His burden is light.
Christ will fulfill the Law for us, if we allow it, and the burden of trying to meet God's standard is replaced by the lighter burden of walking in faith. Christ in you fulfills the burden of the Law. Christ through you is the only burden then that remains.
The problem, though, is that we cannot be pleased. It seems too easy, so we don't do it. On the other hand, the Law seems too hard so we don't do that either. When John preached about Christ, he fasted too much, so the people said he had a demon, and when Christ preached about salvation, they said that He didn't fast enough and spent too much time with sinners. It didn't matter which direction God came from to reach the Israelites, they weren't satisfied. The same thing happens with us.
If we change our church service to be more contemporary we're not focused enough on God, and if we change it to be more conservative, then we are not relevant. The challenge in ministry is not get too bogged down in this conundrum. Christ didn't come so that we could argue over ministry styles, He came to give salvation, and as long as we are preaching that consistently, the style doesn't really matter too much.
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