Rules about flying are absolutely necessary, especially on the flight deck!
Rule-based living in every other level of our existence is more problematic. Sometimes moral questions require the illumination of the Holy Spirit in our lives more than anything else.
We are told that the Spirit of the law gives life while the letter of the law brings death. It is important to realize that there is no New Testament equivalent of the book of Leviticus.
Jesus did not come to micro-manage our lives by giving us a new set of rules; He came to fulfill the law and, in so doing, set us free. Part of that freedom is provided by the guidance of His Holy Spirit living within us.
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things… John 14:26
