Choose your code carefully

Choose your code carefully

A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God. Romans 2:28-29 New International Version (NIV)

In this life people live by their own code. In this verse, Paul says that they think they are right with God because they live by “the written code”. For people in this verse, the written code was the Talmud (Jewish Law) and genetics (People thought that they were right by God because they were descendants of Abraham). In our time, "the code" may consist of a "cultural code". Our cultural code only has one rule; Do whatever is right for you. Each person gets to choose their code, their way of being right. The unfortunate truth is that some people carry their “flexible code” to Christianity:

I'll be a Christian but I need to keep my sexual preferences. - I'll be a Christian but I need to keep my attitude about race. - I'll be a Christian as long as I can keep ______.

The list can go on and on...

But this flexible truth is no where to be found in scripture. The real code is no code at all, it is living by the Spirit of God. And God’s Spirit will guide us to godly truth
(1 Corinthian 2:14). Is your code based on honesty and God centered truth? If it isn't, then you have a code of religion, of culture or of self. Those types of code cannot reconcile you to God. The only code that will make you (us) right with God is the code of Christ.

Choose your code carefully.