Perspective

I get so frustrated with the standard "Christian" outlook on God's law these days. We've been challenged over the last year to look into celebrating God's 7 feasts and in doing some research here and there I find myself being drawn to this. I'm not rushing headlong into it, and I'm not dragging my husband along. Instead I'm waiting on my heavenly Father. If this is something he wants our family doing, then he will impress that on my Husband's heart. All this said....I find myself very disheartened at the prevalent attitude I find among many "Christians". The attitude seems to say this: "Because Christ died...we don't have to follow the law anymore." which to me is tantamount to a kid saying. "Because Mom and Dad said I'm too old to spank anymore....I don't have to follow the rules. Whoopee!!" No it's not exactly the same thing but it's in the same spirit. It's as if we think that Christ nullified the law, but he didn't...He fulfilled it...like this: There are laws that govern our land. When we break them we pay...a fine, a prison sentence, community service, whatever it is, there's a price for disobedience. Now imagine that someone came along and offered to be your scape goat, so that when you "break one of these laws", whether intentional or not, he'll take your punishment. Does that mean then, that you suddenly decide that the laws no longer apply to you and you can do whatever you want? Of course not. So why do we treat God and his laws that way? God gave his Laws as a standard by which to hold ourselves up against. The law shows us what sin IS so that we can see how we should be behaving instead. Christ died to pay the price for the sins we have and will commit but does that mean then, that the "rules" no longer apply to us and we can do whatever we want...this is where it gets just a might ticklish and I might add, where most of us fell asleep in class. YES, we have the freedom to do what we desire, but if we are saved and seeking after our savior...wouldn't the "desire" to sin, become gradually less and less as time went by? What a slap in God's face when we declare our freedom and go do whatever we want without regard for the sacrifice he made....::sigh:: so all of the above to say this: I was "googling" "why Christians should celebrate the feasts" to find a way to help explain to others why and how we should celebrate the feasts and I came across yet another internet "voice" declaring our freedoms. I believe the way they stated it was that we are all "relieved" of the requirement of celebrating the Biblical feasts. . Just like the example above. Just because you have a scapegoat willing to take your punishment, should you fall/fail to obey...that doesn't mean that the law no longer applies to you. Imagine, if you will, what it would look like if everyone lived that way. Claiming freedom from the laws because of a scapegoat. Life would be ruled by selfishness, pride, greed, envy and every other terrible thing...oh wait this sounds familiar... Listen. I'm not advocating the notion that life here on earth could be a new "Eden" if we all just observe God's laws. This world will not be perfect until he returns and "perfects" it. Furthermore, we CANNOT observe all the laws. For various reasons, many of the laws (temple laws, sacrificial laws for example) are not able to be observed in the present state of our world. But that doesn't mean we do whatever we want and flaunt our freedoms. Observing the Feasts of the Lord is an ongoing study for me. I deeply desire to know how we are to proceed concerning these, but it IS something I will pursue until I have understanding.