What is Legalism?

Moore's Corner Church

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People bristle at rules. People don't like rules or they like their rules.

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They don't like other people's rules. But anytime someone hears something that sounds like rules or a command, the automatic thing a lot of people will jump to is, wait a minute, this is legalism or this is legalistic.

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So is this legalistic? What was the Sabbath legalistic?

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Is worshiping corporately on Sunday as an expectation, is that legalistic?

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Of course the answer is no. All right, if you think it's yes, I don't know who taught you that, but you need to cancel all of what you heard.

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First of all, Moses gave the law. Moses was not a legalist.

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Is that a new thought for anyone? Moses was not a legalist.

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The children of Israel were under the old covenant of the law, but that's not the same as legalism.

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Mark this down. Obedience to God is not legalism.

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Let me say it again. Obedience to God is not legalism. So Moses was not a legalist.

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Moses never taught, because what is legalism? It's teaching salvation through works, salvation through the works of the law.

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That's what legalism is. Moses never taught that a person is saved by keeping the 10 commandments. He never taught that.

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Being legalistic is maybe when you focus too much on rules and that's the emphasis is all on rules instead of faith in the

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Lord and loving the Lord with all your heart, or making up new rules that God never made. Okay, that's legalistic.

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So what we're talking about here, this is not legalism. Moses was not a legalist.