'Christian legalism.' (4:08)

[katsweet]

This is speaking to me today, the people I used to be close with were judging me and condemning me, and using scriptures of the bible out of context, to back up everything they were saying... after a bit of venom, they would sweeten it back up, about how everyone all falls short & make mistakes. Then, they would go right back into judging me for my ‘bad’ fruits, or lack of fruit.
It didn’t matter how I defended myself, I was still wrong in their eyes.
I got the blame for damaging someone else’s spiritual walk with Christ, when that person did just as much damage to me..but they didn’t care to hear my side, and I didn’t want to create more drama, and even tho I was hurting, I didn’t want them treat to treat that person the way they were treating me right then and there, so I took all the blame & got hung out to dry. I couldn’t defend myself when they kept trapping me with words and making their argument sound so sound, that it made me question if I was even a good person?
They even went to the extent to tell me there was no God in my house when they walked in, and when the were on their way out, after throwing stones, and making me out to be the devil...they then told me, the Holy Spirit was here in my home now.
When they left I felt sick. They made me doubt my salvation.
We are saved by Grace alone, not by works.
I’ve made mistakes, ive had a one way tunnel vision with interpretations before, it’s all part and parcel of learning who I am in Christ. I’ve learned a lot and grown because of my mistakes, I’ve repented, I Love the Lord with all my heart and he knows my heart.
Idky I put this comment up, but maybe if someone else is out there going through something similar, you are not alone.
God turns our trials into triumphs ❤️

[JordanCantFight]

The worst part is that many Christians always call out lukewarm or progressive christianity all the time but never call out legalist christianity. I dont know why because its very easy to argue against lukewarm christianity, but its very very hard to argue against legalist christianity

[tylertyler]

It’s a fine line. If we never call out sin or wrongdoing, then we obviously don’t love our neighbors enough to lead them back to the truth. But if we are too harsh and judge too far, then we could hurt our neighbors and drive them away from God. Legalism is wrong, but we shouldn’t back down on the truth of God. And we shouldn’t let obvious sin go. I was living with my wife before we were married. And the pastor came and we had a difficult and uncomfortable conversation about the sin I was living in. This rebuke helped me realize that I wasn’t living faithfully to God. I wanted to have my cake and eat it too. I was serving 2 masters. So I married my wife. And a great weight that I didn’t know existed came off my shoulders and there was no more guilt! Jesus forgave my sin and my life changed for the better.

The point is this. You don’t have to beat people senseless trying to correct them, especially when we ourselves sin. But it is indeed loving to correct a brother or sister that is living in blatant, unrepentant sin. Jesus endless grace for our sins doesn’t mean we get a license to sin whenever we want. We must struggle against our sinful desires. And sometimes, correction is absolutely necessary. Not to harm our brothers and sisters, but to help bring them back and realize what they’re doing.

[FreeBird_]

Legalism is never legalism to the one who desires to do it.

[peterneff]

In Lamb like humbleness there is joy and peace; except being sinfully proud of being humble, and outwardly righteous without the inward righteousness.

[Tracker]

Not sure what year this was but it spoke to me today!

[ViktorOddy]

this short video was my first step into progressive christianity, after this one i started researching all the christian rules, and they didn't make sens. Then i found out who fundamentalist were, i hated them. Became progressive christian, after about 3 months became atheist. Very thankful for eye opening video!!