Why are they called legalists? Legalism is adding to the way of salvation (adding works or baptism to the blood of Jesus...adding man made doctrine to the Bible). When did following the bible in dress, lifestyle, dating, child raising, etc, become legalistic?
2006-06-24 14:37:58 · 9 answers · asked by indiebaptist 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Today's modernistic, charismatic, ecumenical beliefs go off the idea that one can do anything and God doesn't care.. but He DOES..and told us what HE wants in the 66 books He gave us to live by.
2006-06-24 14:39:17 · update #1
I agree with you on that point. Many today feel that it’s up to us humans to decide for ourselves what is best. Some may feel that the Bible’s teachings are no longer valid in our modern world; that it’s okay to change or ignore certain laws and principles because they restrict the lifestyle they chose to lead. But do humans have the right, the ability, or the wisdom to guide ourselves? The Bible tells us that man was created with a need to be guided by his creator. “I well know, O Jehovah, that to earthling man his way does not belong. It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step.”—Jer. 10:23.
The Bible reveals that our heavenly Father provides fundamental directives that cover a variety of situations and aspects of life. He does this with our eternal benefit in view. Jehovah’s personality and cardinal qualities—love, wisdom, justice, and power—have not changed. He told the people of Israel: “I am Jehovah; I have not changed.” (Malachi 3:6) This was some 3,500 years after God’s creation of mankind. True to that divine statement, a close examination of the Bible as a whole reveals a God who is unchanging in his standards and qualities. There has been no mellowing of Jehovah God’s personality during the centuries, since no such mellowing was needed.
We should follow the wise counsel found in the Bible because its standards and principles remain valid for any society at any time in history. They help us understand how important it is to be fashioned by God’s standards and not by popular ideas of the modern world.—Isaiah 48:17; Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:22-24.
2006-06-24 15:19:37 · answer #1 · answered by Maia-Kine' 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I wrote you a long one, then decided maybe I was a Little to tight. I think some people tend to expect people outside their church to live by the same rules they do. Some may call what others do a sin. And it may not really be a sin. it may only be something that particular group decided was wrong. Like smoking-it is not a sin. Never has been -never will be. Its that kind of stuff that gets a church labeled as 'legalistic'. I know the scripture you use (temple of ther Holy Spirit). But it is not talking about smoking , it is talking about fornication. When we try to impose our beliefs on those outside our group we become legalistic. I am not talking about spreading the gospel, I am talking abut making our rules apply to those outside out church.
2006-06-24 15:09:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Legalism is an opinion. I study, and follow the sound and true words of God, no-matter what people say.
I have indeed been called a legalist, conservitive, fundementalist, ect......
I am a follower of Jesus Christ, my Lord.
As far as I'm concerned, I am a believer in Jesus Christ!
2006-06-24 17:58:02 · answer #3 · answered by OhWell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Legalism is seeking to obey the law to be justified instead of or along with the work of Christ. Thankfulness is seeking to obey because we are justified only by the substitutionary work of Christ. It is what the scriptures call faith working through love.
2006-06-24 14:52:06 · answer #4 · answered by beek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You left out the books in the Nag Hammadi Lexicon.
2006-06-24 14:41:33 · answer #5 · answered by Mac Momma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
many people think that since priests and other people tell us that God can forgive us of our sins NO MATTER HOW BAD IT MAY BE that He will always forgive us. even tho this is true, we can't takre advantage of it and keep committing mortal sin because that only leads further and further away from God and sometimes disturbs our faith. however, if you ask God for forgiveness genuinely then He will forgive you.
2006-06-24 14:44:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He gave us the Bible to point us toward Jesus. We must follow Jesus.
2006-06-24 14:53:32 · answer #7 · answered by loaves 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't follow the Bible you study it.
We follow Christ.
2006-06-24 14:42:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
for that exact reason... do you think salvation depends on what you wear??
2006-06-24 14:42:12 · answer #9 · answered by mojopez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋