legalist is someone who has more rules and regulations in your life than you have. Legalism is to seek to achieve forgiveness and acceptance from God through obedience to God.
So legalist is someone who thinks he can earn God's forgiveness through his own goodness. Legalism is so delicious. Legalism suggests that the death and resurrection of Jesus were unnecessary or inadequate. Of course, the legalist that it never said, but feels this way. He feels that his relationship with God is the foundation of his own discipline and seek.
present to you Luke. Luke newly converted, is sincere love to Jesus, but still has a lot to learn about the Christian life. One day during the celebration of his friend Peter, points out that Luke is not able to find a letter to the Romans in the Bible. So after the service asks Luke if reading the Bible regularly. Luke admits that he does not know exactly what to read, so read a little bit here and there, not every day and not systematically. Peter explains to him that this is not the best way to read the Bible. He says, "you have to seriously read the Bible," and gives him his plan to read The Bible, so you can read the Bible in a year. Luke says, "Cool, in the year I read the whole Bible? That would be amazing. "
Some time later, another man in the congregation invites Luke to not only read the Bible, but also studying its fragments in the memory. Then he learns that the church is a group home and that should belong to one of them. then reading a book about how should share gospel with others. Also attending the conference on personal holiness, and how Christians are to overcome all sin in their lives.
Luke became busier than ever in your life. For several months, added a lot of good activity to your life, all was good, some necessary, but unconsciously there was a shift in his mind and heart. What might be a blessing in his life, became a liability, he had done to deserve grace.
change in his approach was evident during the celebrations. One Sunday Luke sang, prayed and loved God with enthusiasm. Why? Because he had a very good week. He was able to implement all provisions.
But another Sunday, after a week in which Luke did not do much of what has planned, he did not feel comfortable with thinking that it is in God's presence. It was not easy for him to worship God in freedom, because he felt that God was displeased with him. His confidence is no longer in the gospel, but in their own accomplishments.
Do you recognize the legitimacy of your life? Do you feel that you are sometimes closer to God and sometimes more because of his conduct? Do you feel free and free to worship God, only when you feel that you had some good days in a row? Do you feel that God is pleased with you because of your good deeds?
How can we overcome using the gospel of legalism? You have to understand the definition of justification. 6.23 In Romans it says that at the time of believing in Jesus, God has justified you. God has declared that you are righteous. This is possible only by the fact that Jesus took your punishment upon himself. God, who is a righteous judge, Jesus was punished instead of you, which means that you are in God's eyes completely innocent. At a time when you became a Christian, not only all your sins are forgiven, but the righteousness of Jesus was given to you, which means that God is so pleased with you, as it is happy with his own son. You are no longer justified. You are as holy as Jesus.
You also need to understand the definition of the word sanctification. Power of the gospel does not end with this, that God declares that man is a saint. When God declares that man is a saint, it immediately begins the process of changing the man in the image of Jesus. By the Holy Spirit, the power of scripture and the community of believers God is changing our sinful desires, renews the mind and change our behavior, we become more holy in practice. God not only declares that we are saints, but also works in us, we become ever more holy. is a process which is called sanctification. This process begins at the time of new birth and ends only when you stand before Jesus face to face. In sanctification comes to our choices and behavior. Linked with this is work in which the Holy Spirit helps us. We struggle with sin. We study the Bible even when we do not have the desire to do so. We flee from the temptations and strive for holiness.
Legalism is becoming a problem for us when we're wrong following God: justification and sanctification. We need to know the differences between these two actions of God, while never separated them. So, justification and sanctification are different, but they are always together. Once you are justified, he begins the process of sanctification. But they are two different actions of God.
excuse is when God declares you a saint.
Sanctification is when God makes you holy.
Justification is instantaneous. You will never be fairer than the time when I believed in Jesus.
Sanctification is a process. You'll be more sacred in practice by growing in grace.
Justification is objective - it is an action of Jesus for us.
Sanctification is subjective - it is an action of Jesus in us.
weakest and the most mature Christian is a Christian equally justified. No excuse levels. man is completely justified or not.
problem in our thinking when we become legalistyczni, is that we think affects the justification sanctification. But the letter clearly says, "works of the law is not excused by any person before him," Rome. 3:20
When you recognize legalism in your life, remind yourself that you do not have a relationship with God because of your kindness, but because of the actions of Jesus for you.
Read the Bible, pray, learn passages by heart and tell people about Jesus, but not so as to add something to your excuses. Already justified by the grace of God.
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