Our daily devotions will start back soon. Let us get fall started (and let us come up for air). In the meantime, I’ve had a few requests from Sunday’s sermon. Here’s one …
Holiness vs. Legalism
Holiness is beautiful. Legalism is binding.
Holiness brings life. Legalism brings death.
They are as different as night and day, and yet at first glance they can seem similar because they both stand against sinful behavior and call for holy living.
How can we distinguish between the two?
Legalism is rules without relationship. It emphasizes standards more than the Savior and laws more than love. It is a system based on fear. It leads to either self-righteousness or self-condemnation (or both!)
Holiness is all about relationship. It emphasizes the heart of the Savior. It is a system based on love. It leads to either humbleness or freedom (or both!). Holiness declares God’s love expressed through the cross.
-- adapted from Dr. Michael Brown
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