Legalism. Why do believers hate it when others are judgmental and critical towards them personally, but turn around and do the same thing sometimes?
I will have to admit that lots of this material came out of Max Lucado's book: Its Not About Me. Chapter 10. He nail legalism on the head. Here goes.
" Gods way of making us right with himself depends on faith-- counting on Christ alone."
We quickly side with Paul on the circumcision controversy. The whole discussion sounds odd to our Western ears. But is is so strange? We may not teach Jesus + circumcision but how about:
Jesus + evangelism: How many people have you lead to Christ this year? OR:
Jesus + contribution: Are you giving all you can to the church? Or:
Jesus + mysticism: You do offer penance and pray to the Virgin Mary , don't you? Or:
Jesus + heritage: Were you raised in "the church"? Or:
Jesus + doctrine: When you were baptized, was the water running or still? Deep or shallow? Hot or cold?
Legalim = Jesus +. Legalist don't dismiss Christ. They trust in Christ alot. But they don't trust Christ alone.
Think about that today. Perhaps we need to allow God to do somemore surgery on our hearts again.
Continued tomorrow.
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