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To better understand this topic we call legalism, we need to look at what legalism is and identify the three types of legalism that are prevalent today. Then we need to address what God’s word says about this topic and how we can combat the repercussions of legalism in our churches and lives.
You must be willing to consider whether legalism has infected you and your church. Here are a few questions to ask yourself that can help determine whether your church is fostering legalism.
Legalism focuses on God’s laws more than relationship with God. It keeps external laws without a truly submitted heart. And legalism adds human rules to divine laws and treats them as divine.
Churches are not being legalistic when they follow certain procedures or practices. So, what is legalism? Legalism is an attempt to gain favor with God or to impress our fellow man by doing certain things (or avoiding other things), without regard to the condition of our hearts before God.
What is Legalism? In its most basic sense legalism believes that we can earn or keep God’s favor by what we do. 1. Legalism Promotes unbiblical standards (self-authority) Legalism may take things that have been biblically true but not biblically applicable and attempt to make them binding.
“Legalism is the conviction that law-keeping is the ground of our acceptance with God.” So if you ask, “How can I get God to be for me and not against me?” the legalist answer is “Keep the law.
The Bible commands us to obey God’s law and to live a life that models obedience to Christ. Are there ways that we can take this pursuit in the wrong direction? Today, Burk Parsons warns against three kinds of legalism.