Too often, we fall into the trap of preaching the gospel to adults and the law to children: “God wants you to be good boys and girls.” It is not that there is no truth in that statement, but without the right context and qualifications it is a recipe for hopelessness.
Jeremy WalkerTags: evangelism legalism
No man is such a legalist as the good Secularist.
G.K. ChestertonTags: morality secularism legalism the-law
Legalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers.
Tullian TchividjianTags: complaining entitlement legalism
Legalism is when we try to obtain the result of obedience by our own means and strength. It is self-righteousness, as opposed to God's righteousness covering us, and the two are as different as spirit and flesh.
Kelly MinterTags: god obedience righteousness legalism
Conceit makes the way God deals with me personally the binding standard for others.
Oswald ChambersTags: originality legalism
The ironic thing about legalism is that it not only doesn't make people work harder, it makes them give up. Moralism doesn't produce morality; rather, it produces immorality.
Tullian TchividjianWe make a big mistake when we conclude that the law is the answer to bad behavior. In fact, the law alone stirs up more of such behavior. People get worse, not better, when you lay down the law. To be sure, the Spirit does use both God's law and God's gospel in our sanctification. But the law and the gospel do very different things.
Tullian Tchividjian...it is a mistake to reduce every decision about Christian living to a "Heaven-or-Hell issue."
For example, some ask if the Bible specifically says a certain action is a "sin" or will send them to "Hell." If not, they feel free to indulge in that action unreservedly and ignore any scriptural principles involved. But this approach is legalistic, which means living by rules or basing salvation on works. It treats the Bible as a law book, focusing on the letter and looking for loopholes.
By contrast, the Bible tells us that we are saved by grace through faith, not by our works (Ephesians 2:8-9). Grace teaches us how to live righteously, and faith leads us into obedience. (See Titus 2:11-12; Romans1:5; Hebrews 11:7-8.)
Tags: faith heaven grace hell bible christian obedience legalism
If there is one thing worse that the modern weakening of major morals, it is the modern strengthening of minor morals.
G.K. ChestertonTags: legalism
A legalist is not someone who places divine law above all else. A legalist is someone who places human law above all else.
Rob RienowTags: christianity legalism theonomy
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