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Day 14: Lawkeeper and/or Lawbreaker

In His day, Jesus was seen as the ultimate lawbreaker. He was accused of blasphemy and didn’t follow the religious traditions, but He also proclaimed loudly that He wanted to fulfill all of the law. He was a fierce critic of the current religion but also deferential to the practices of His faith. He was willing to go against the systems but also wanted to honor and fulfill those from God.

1) Which of these two parts of Jesus am I more comfortable with? Why?

2) What can I learn about Jesus and put into practice from accepting the part of Jesus that comes less naturally to me?

3) Write a short statement to remind yourself of these multi-faceted truths about Jesus.

a) Mark 2

b) Matthew 19:16-18

c) Matthew 5:17