So What is Legalism?

[Behold]

On 2/4/2020 at 11:14 PM, Blood Bought 1953 said:

How does Legalism manifest itself here at Worthy? What form does it take? Can a Legalist be Saved ? Anybody care to take a stab at these questions?  

Legalism manifests the same way, always.

Its simply the heretical idea that..... God accepts your performance to save you and keep you saved, VS, God saving you and keeping you saved based on what Jesus did on the Cross.

Legalism contradicts Grace.

Legalism says....."i keep myself saved and here is my list of what i must DO".... Grace says... Philippians 1:6

Legalism is : "what must I DO, to inherit eternal life, and what must i do to KEEP Myself Saved".

Legalism is " MY performance that God will accept".       Whereas Salvation is "justification by Faith".

Legalism is a very self righteous person presenting themselves and their works to God for Him to accept THEM........whereas, Salvation is God  only accepting you based on the Blood of Jesus being shed for you and you becoming born again.

A Legalist is denying the Cross, and substituting themselves and their PERFORMANCE in place of the Grace of God.

Paul calls this "falling from Grace".   and you have Galatians 1:8

All Christian forums are infected with people who are Legalists.   Catholic leaning forums are the worst.

Edited February 6, 2020 by Behold

[Blood Bought 1953]

Obedience is good. It gets my vote.The more of it, the better.....it just does not save.

[Blood Bought 1953]

5 hours ago, Behold said:

Legalism manifests the same way, always.

Its simply the heretical idea that..... God accepts your performance to save you and keep you saved, VS, God saving you and keeping you saved based on what Jesus did on the Cross.

Legalism contradicts Grace.

Legalism says....."i keep myself saved and here is my list of what i must DO".... Grace says... Philippians 1:6

Legalism is : "what must I DO, to inherit eternal life, and what must i do to KEEP Myself Saved".

Legalism is " MY performance that God will accept".       Whereas Salvation is "justification by Faith".

Legalism is a very self righteous person presenting themselves and their works to God for Him to accept THEM........whereas, Salvation is God  only accepting you based on the Blood of Jesus being shed for you and you becoming born again.

A Legalist is denying the Cross, and substituting themselves and their PERFORMANCE in place of the Grace of God.

Paul calls this "falling from Grace".   and you have Galatians 1:8

All Christian forums are infected with people who are Legalists.   Catholic leaning forums are the worst.

 

The most common form of Legalism here at Worthy seems to be........ “ Of course JESUS SAVES !!!   B U T......Once you know THAT.....you gotta Repent from all of your sins before you die , or you will be Lost Forever !”

God’s Way for one to be saved involves a little thing called Grace.....Legalists lack the Faith to Trust God’s Grace......They completely by-pass the  Grace Of  God that saves anybody and everybody that was ever saved, and supplant that Grace Of God that only He can give,with something that THEY can do— keep a Repentance Ledger up to date......It’s like Luther said.... “ They do not really know what Faith is......and they presume they can teach it to others.....”

[Blood Bought 1953]

It may be a cliche by now but it speaks volumes———Religion ( Legalism) says “ Do”......Christianity says “ Done”. Some say it’s the difference between Heaven and Hell.....it all depends on what “ falling from Grace” and “ being severed from the Cross mean.” To “ fall from” or to be “ severed from” the things that save us is pretty scary stuff to me.Why Gamble ? REST  in the Gospel Of 1cor15:1-4  and put theses matters to rest.....