Are You a class four legalist? When you preach/proclaim the truth of God's word do you leave the hearer of your oratory helpless at Mt Sinai? Or do you leave/lead them to the ONE who fulfilled the commands? Prof. Doriani writes: "Class-one legalists are auto-soterists; they declare what one must do in order to obtain God's favor or salvation. The rich young ruler was a class-one legalist. Class-two legalists declare what good deeds or spiritual disciplines one must perform to retain God's favor and salvation. Class-three legalists love the law so much they create new laws, laws not found in Scripture, and require submission to them. The Pharisees, who build fences around the law, were class-three legalists. Class-four legalists avoid these gross errors, but they so accentuate obedience to the law of God that other ideas shrivel up. They reason, 'God has redeemed us at the cost of his Son's life. Now he d...
I would dare to say these would be the same reasons why so many kids that grow up in church leave the church when they get out on their own.
ReplyDeleteIf the article is implying, and I think it is safe to say it is, that the people (parents) described are practicing this type of "religious" lifestyle in front of their children and attempting to pass it off as truly christian that is problematic. The main problem is these folks are more than likely unregenerate and lost.
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