How to spot an anti legalist
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People use the term "in Christ" loosely, and I'm not judging you personally just making a point here. But I've said this over and over again that you cannot truly be "in Christ" and also "in sin" at the same time. Hopefully people will come to understand this truth, everyone needs to search themselves and see if Christ is truly in them.
Romans 8:9
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Romans 8:9
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
I think that it may be helpful to note the difference between antinomianism and anti-legalism.
Antinomianism is a refusal to submit to rules of any kind on principle. This attitude is certainly un-Scriptural and wrong.
Anti-legalism is a refusal to allow a set of rules to substitute for the doctrine of Salvation by grace alone.
Both legalists and anti-legalists expect believers to obey the teachings of Jesus, as set forth in the NT.
As I understand the difference between legalists and anti-legalists, legalists expect obedience to flow from the efforts of the believers while anti-legalists expect the obedience to flow from the work of the Holy Spirit.
It is not my intent to insult or offend anyone. If any of those who are legalists see the difference differently I am open to amending my thinking on this.
Antinomianism is a refusal to submit to rules of any kind on principle. This attitude is certainly un-Scriptural and wrong.
Anti-legalism is a refusal to allow a set of rules to substitute for the doctrine of Salvation by grace alone.
Both legalists and anti-legalists expect believers to obey the teachings of Jesus, as set forth in the NT.
As I understand the difference between legalists and anti-legalists, legalists expect obedience to flow from the efforts of the believers while anti-legalists expect the obedience to flow from the work of the Holy Spirit.
It is not my intent to insult or offend anyone. If any of those who are legalists see the difference differently I am open to amending my thinking on this.
K
Yes love is the fulfillment of the law because it does not transgress against God or others, and love upholds all of the Lords commandments as Romans 13:9 shows. We can not state Romans 13:10 without verse 13:9 as well !!!
Even Apostle John spends the majority of his epistle speaking on showing how the difference of how a believer will walk compared to a unbeliever/disobedient person. Also in 2 John 1:9-10 he says we must keep in the doctrine of Christ, which means His teachings and commands.
All scripture must be taken into account and we must use scripture to interpret scripture for proper understanding. Leaving parts off will always lead to a misunderstanding of what was really said.
Look up hyper-grace and people who oppose it. The accusation is always licentiousness. The emphasis on grace needs to be emphasized more, a lot more. People need to stop trying to balance grace with the Law, it nullifies both. If you don't preach grace, people's lives won't be changed. The Law is not a remedy for sin, but it does expose it. It has no ability to help someone overcome it. Grace does. "Sin shall not have dominion over you for you are not under law but grace.'
If one is abiding in Christ and walking in the Spirit they shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh=sin
Here are the lusts of the flesh....
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,[SUP]10 [/SUP]Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
And here....
Galatians 5:16-21 "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
[SUP]20 [/SUP]Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
[SUP]21 [/SUP]Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Here are the lusts of the flesh....
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,[SUP]10 [/SUP]Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
And here....
Galatians 5:16-21 "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
[SUP]20 [/SUP]Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
[SUP]21 [/SUP]Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
K
This is where you and I disagree because it is not a situation of teaching Law more then Grace or Grace more than Law.
It is about teaching and instructing on Grace and Warnings of sinful behavior in a balanced setting, as sound doctrine teaching of Christ requires both to be taught. If we focus to much on one side or the other then we might get to lost in a unbalanced approach as some pastor's have done.
For I have seen some pastors preach grace only and turn around in the next breath and tell the congregation they can continue to live however they want because grace will abound and cover their sinful acts. This was very bad in the 90's that such teachings were taught, and I see it still today by some.
It is about teaching and instructing on Grace and Warnings of sinful behavior in a balanced setting, as sound doctrine teaching of Christ requires both to be taught. If we focus to much on one side or the other then we might get to lost in a unbalanced approach as some pastor's have done.
For I have seen some pastors preach grace only and turn around in the next breath and tell the congregation they can continue to live however they want because grace will abound and cover their sinful acts. This was very bad in the 90's that such teachings were taught, and I see it still today by some.
S
I agree with those scriptures but here is the difference.
The scripture says this.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
Not this!
You will stay washed, you will stay sanctified, you will stay justified, so long as you keep yourself from those things.
The scripture says this.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
Not this!
You will stay washed, you will stay sanctified, you will stay justified, so long as you keep yourself from those things.