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Just Enough
There is a religion that has been around since the dawn of time that many people follow but few admit! One can trace in the Bible the three dispensations (1) Patriarchal, (2) Mosaic, (3) Christian and find the religion of "Just Enough" present throughout all of them.
The leaders of this religion have come and gone through-out history and yet when one seems to disappear another will emerge. There is always someone willing to fight for the religion of "Just Enough".
Cain was a practicer of this very popular religion! Instead of doing exactly what God told him to do, as his brother did, he did just enough to make himself feel good (Gen. 4).
Then we have several during the Mosaic dispensation who we could point to who practiced this popular religion, but I shall only name a few! Nadab and Abihu were strong followers of this religion and they decided in Leviticus to get fire from a place they were not authorized to get it from according to God. Yet in their mind they had all the authority they needed — the authority of their religion "Just Enough." They did just enough to make themselves feel good (Lev. 10:1-2; 16:12).
Under the Christian dispensation, followers of this popular religion were everywhere! Ananias and Saphira believed and followed the principles of this religion in Acts 5. The early church was hurt by many Christians turning to the religion of "Just Enough." I suppose most every church in New Testament times had to fight against this popular man-made religion. Jesus condemned the church at Laodicea for being lukewarm (Rev. 3:15-16) and said how upset he was with them! Many there probably didn't understand what the fuss was all about because they were not following Christ but the religion of "Just Enough." To them they were just fine.
