Daily Truth host defines legalism as adding man-made rules to God's commands, contrasting it with salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. He warns against the heresy that obedience earns favor, emphasizing instead that good works flow from gratitude. The episode promotes the upcoming 2023 Theonomy and Postmillennialism Conference on May 5th–7th, featuring speakers like Dr. James White and Dale Partridge, complete with live Q&A panels and a catered barbecue at rightresponseconference.com. This event aims to further explore these theological distinctions within the Christian community. [Automatically generated summary]
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Legalism Is Sin Not Heresy00:02:29
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Jesus said, Man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
You're listening to Daily Truth.
This is why we don't make a bunch of extra biblical rules.
This is why.
Because inevitably you'll sin.
You'll sin.
And this is an important lesson for us to learn.
I'm not saying heresy, but I am saying sin.
Did you know that there's a difference between the heresy of legalism and the sin of legalism?
See, the heresy of legalism teaches that obedience to the law of God is a means of salvation.
That's the heresy of legalism.
The sin of legalism is to add the commandments of men to the commandments of God.
So you can actually sin in legalism.
This is important for us to learn as a congregation, as we strive to challenge one another with convictions, but also be charitable.
So this is a good lesson for us as just a church family.
Not the heresy of legalism, that says, do this and live.
Now the gospel says, live by the free grace of God and therefore do this.
So, the gospel is because we live, we do this.
Whereas the law says, do this and you will live.
Now, we love the law because the law points us to Christ.
It helps us see our need for Christ.
And once we've received Christ freely, not by what we do, but by what he has done, the law then shows us how to respond, not how to merit God's favor, but how to respond in gratitude to God's favor, which we've freely received by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
Does that make sense?
So, that being said, The heresy of legalism is do this and live.
Obedience to the law, the doctrine of obedience to the law as a means of salvation.
The sin of legalism is to add extra biblical commands, the commands of men, to the commands of God.
Announcing Theonomy Conference Speakers00:01:00
Oh, hi, I didn't see you there.
Thanks for sticking around.
I've got an important announcement to make.
That's the Theonomy and Postmillennialism Conference.
2023, May 5th, 6th, and 7th, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Theonomy and post millennialism.
We've got the speakers that we've already had lined up.
That's Dr. James White, Dr. Joseph Boot, Dr. Gary DeMar, non doctor Pastor Joel Webbin.
But we also have a bonus speaker, and that is Dale Partridge from Real Christianity.
Perhaps you've heard of him.
If not, you should start listening to his podcast.
It's fantastic.
Dale Partridge is going to be joining our team.
We're going to have live panels on Friday night and Saturday night where you'll be able to write in questions and get them answered.
We're also going to have a catered barbecue.
Texas style barbecue meal on Friday that's a part of your registration fee.
All that is covered.
So you need to get that.
This is how you do it.
Go and register right now at rightresponseconference.com.