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The gospel neither leads us to live a guilty life (since God has lovingly accepted us), nor an unholy life (since the God who has accepted us is perfectly holy). To forget the first is to fall into legalism, and lose our freedom; to forget the second is to abuse our freedom. Both mean we lose grasp of the gospel. | The gospel neither leads us to live a guilty life (since God has lovingly accepted us), nor an unholy life (since the God who has accepted us is perfectly holy). To forget the first is to fall into legalism, and lose our freedom; to forget the second is to abuse our freedom. Both mean we lose grasp of the gospel. | ||
=Legalism= | |||
*Legalism kills love for God (Revelation 3:14–22). | |||
*Legalism places human tradition above God’s Word (Mark 7:5–9). | |||
*Legalism hinders our vision of God (Matthew 23:13–15). | |||
*Legalism overlooks the needs of others (Luke 10:25–37). | |||
*Legalism is a source of selfish pride (Matthew 18:1–4). | |||
*Legalism produces rivalry and deception (Luke 20:9–20). | |||
*Legalism causes us to view others with contempt (Luke 18:9–14). | |||
*Legalism denies our freedom of conscience (Mark 2:23–28). | |||
*Legalism emphasizes externals (Mark 12:38–40). | |||
*Legalism makes us Pharisees and hypocrites (Mark 10:1–12).<ref>Bill Bright, Written by the Hand of God (Orlando, FL: NewLife Publications, 2001), 77–78.</ref> | |||
=Quotes= | |||
Oh, I thought, what a thing for Christianity! Women, stop that wearing them clothes like that! Man, stop that telling them smutty jokes and all that stuff! We are sons and daughters of the King. Dress like a queen, dress like a--a lady. Act like a gentleman, don't let your hair grow down like this. The Bible said, "It's wrong (nature teaches you) for a man to have long hair. And it's a disgrace and a common thing for even a woman to pray with her hair cut." And how about these? "It's a--it's an abomination for a woman to put on a garment that pertains to a man." The great unchanging God doesn't change. DOORS.IN.DOOR_ FLAGSTAFF.AZ V-17 N-3 SATURDAY_ 65-0206 | |||
How could a bobbed-haired woman ever come through this Filter? How could a woman with shorts on ever come through It, or slacks, when the Bible says, "It's an abomination to God, for a woman to put on a garment that even pertains to a man"? And how can a man that thinks anything of himself, get out here and dress like the women, let his hair grow out like a woman, down in his eyes, with bangs, and twirled up like that? He is wearing his wife's underneath clothes. She is wearing his outer clothes. A thinking man's filter? A thinking man won't do that, or a thinking woman won't do it. God's Word won't let it pass through. <ref>GOD'S.POWER.TO.TRANSFORM_ PHOENIX.AZ V-16 N-5 SATURDAY_ 65-0911 </ref> | |||
How could you ever draw a denomination through God's Filter? How could you do it? How could you draw a bobbed-hair woman through that Filter? Tell me. How could you ever draw a woman that wears slacks through There, when "It's an abomination for her to put on a garment pertains to a man"? See, God's Filter would catch her out there, It wouldn't let her come in. (But the church has got their own filters.) So I say that there is a thinking man's Filter, that's God's Word, and It suits a holy man's taste. That's right, a holy man; not a church man, but a holy man's taste. Because It's pure, holiness, unadulterated Word of God! There is a thinking man's Filter. And church member, I advise you to use That one. | |||
Because it brings in the world, and one lump of it is death. One lump leavens, the one little leaven leavens the whole lump. "Whosoever shall take one Word out of This, or add one word to It, his part will be taken from the Book of Life." <ref>LEADERSHIP_ COVINA.CA V-7 N-7 TUESDAY_ 65-1207 </ref> | |||
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Revision as of 04:12, 21 November 2013
Legalism is to fall back into rule-keeping - we lose our freedom. Falling into permissiveness means we abuse our freedom.
Gospel freedom is freedom that both takes away the guilt of sin and eats away at the motivation to sin.
The gospel neither leads us to live a guilty life (since God has lovingly accepted us), nor an unholy life (since the God who has accepted us is perfectly holy). To forget the first is to fall into legalism, and lose our freedom; to forget the second is to abuse our freedom. Both mean we lose grasp of the gospel.
Legalism
- Legalism kills love for God (Revelation 3:14–22).
- Legalism places human tradition above God’s Word (Mark 7:5–9).
- Legalism hinders our vision of God (Matthew 23:13–15).
- Legalism overlooks the needs of others (Luke 10:25–37).
- Legalism is a source of selfish pride (Matthew 18:1–4).
- Legalism produces rivalry and deception (Luke 20:9–20).
- Legalism causes us to view others with contempt (Luke 18:9–14).
- Legalism denies our freedom of conscience (Mark 2:23–28).
- Legalism emphasizes externals (Mark 12:38–40).
- Legalism makes us Pharisees and hypocrites (Mark 10:1–12).[1]
Quotes
Oh, I thought, what a thing for Christianity! Women, stop that wearing them clothes like that! Man, stop that telling them smutty jokes and all that stuff! We are sons and daughters of the King. Dress like a queen, dress like a--a lady. Act like a gentleman, don't let your hair grow down like this. The Bible said, "It's wrong (nature teaches you) for a man to have long hair. And it's a disgrace and a common thing for even a woman to pray with her hair cut." And how about these? "It's a--it's an abomination for a woman to put on a garment that pertains to a man." The great unchanging God doesn't change. DOORS.IN.DOOR_ FLAGSTAFF.AZ V-17 N-3 SATURDAY_ 65-0206 How could a bobbed-haired woman ever come through this Filter? How could a woman with shorts on ever come through It, or slacks, when the Bible says, "It's an abomination to God, for a woman to put on a garment that even pertains to a man"? And how can a man that thinks anything of himself, get out here and dress like the women, let his hair grow out like a woman, down in his eyes, with bangs, and twirled up like that? He is wearing his wife's underneath clothes. She is wearing his outer clothes. A thinking man's filter? A thinking man won't do that, or a thinking woman won't do it. God's Word won't let it pass through. [2] How could you ever draw a denomination through God's Filter? How could you do it? How could you draw a bobbed-hair woman through that Filter? Tell me. How could you ever draw a woman that wears slacks through There, when "It's an abomination for her to put on a garment pertains to a man"? See, God's Filter would catch her out there, It wouldn't let her come in. (But the church has got their own filters.) So I say that there is a thinking man's Filter, that's God's Word, and It suits a holy man's taste. That's right, a holy man; not a church man, but a holy man's taste. Because It's pure, holiness, unadulterated Word of God! There is a thinking man's Filter. And church member, I advise you to use That one. Because it brings in the world, and one lump of it is death. One lump leavens, the one little leaven leavens the whole lump. "Whosoever shall take one Word out of This, or add one word to It, his part will be taken from the Book of Life." [3]