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From the very beginning of the Protestant Reformation, when it came to Christians living a clean, divinely approved life day-by-day - some Christian leaders directed Christians to ‘divine Law’ as a ‘spur’ to being set-apart from the values and principles of the world.
This became an ‘orthodox’ approach for many Protestant Christians, and a legacy of ‘Christian legalism’ that has come down to some Evangelical Christians today. Christian legalists divide Covenant law into ‘Ceremonial law’ – fulfilled in the Messiah, and ‘Moral law’ – that remains in force. Is a Christian stealing? Then Christian legalists direct them to the ‘Moral law’, like the Ten Commandments, which say ‘You shall not steal’, so as to drive such a Christian to the Lord in repentance. Christian legalists argue that to challenge this procedure is to challenge the word of God itself, to risk engaging in permissive ungodliness and excessive freedom, and they even cast doubt on the persistent challenger’s faith and loyalty to God.
But did the Apostles actually teach this approach? Is this how they exhorted Christians to live a godly life day-by-day? Remaining faithful to Scripture, this study by Rob Laynton explores some key New Testament passages that challenge ‘Christian legalism’, so as to set out the principles of holiness that the Apostles taught.
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