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Love

versus

Legalism

by D. J. Love, Minister, TSN, TSBrevised 12-24-2001

What is "legalism" after all?

Messiah Yahshua well definedoneaspect of itwhen he addressed the Pharisees.

Mark 7:7-9

"Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines thecommandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of Yahweh, ye hold the tradition of men,

(such)

as the washing of potsand cups: andmany other such like things ye do

(religious legalism)

.And he said unto them, Full well

you reject the commandment

of Yahweh, that you may keep your own tradition."So . . . . ,

it

is

the replacing of Yahweh's instructions with our own traditionsand then calling that tradition "Yahweh's Tradition". . . . that is wrong! . . . .Did Yahweh command or instruct us to observe the pagan festival'Saturnalia'

(aka Christmas)

in honor of Messiah's physical birthday

(which isactually in the 'Fall' of the year)

?

No

! . . . . Did Yahweh command us toobserve the pagan tradition of Easter

(Ishtar)

in place of His "

Passover

"?

No

! . . . . Did Yahweh instruct us to worship Mary as the Mother of G-d or Queen of Heaven?

No

! . . . . Did Yahweh teach us to dip the "Aspergill" into

(so called)

holy water and wave it around?

No

! . . . . These are just four of ahuge number of examples of manmade

(catholic)

traditions

(many adopted byProtestants)

that are in direct opposition to Yahweh's Commandments or Instructions. Now . . . . when I am caste as a peculiar person; an outsider, or cult member, by our catholic and Protestant society for having a Holy Convocation onYahweh's Sabbath

(Friday dusk to Saturday dusk )

, instead of the man-made

(christopagan Syncretic)

tradition of Sunday; when I choose

not

to celebratethe man-made

(pagan Saturnalia & catholic Mass)

tradition of Xmas onDecember 25th; Halloween

(the evening of All Saints Day or "Allhallowmas")

;The catholic "Shrove Tuesday" or "Fat Tuesday"

(Mardi Gras)

; AshWednesday

(first day of "Lent")

; and do

not

take my child to the "Easter Egg

Hunt" in the spring or to pagan "Sunrise Services" . . . . . . .;

which one of usis beingLegalistic, according to Yahweh's and Yahshua's definition?

Is

it the True Sabbatarian Believer, for tryingto follow Yahweh'sInstructions

(in an obedient attitude of love and trust)

or The Universal

(catholic)

Roman and Protestant church goers for observing theforced syncretic blending of Pagan traditions by the Beast System with Hebrew scripture inorder to teach as doctrines the traditions of men

?

Quite Obviously. . . .

Notthe True Sabbatarian Believer!

Another form of legalism is to think that Salvation from the penalty of sin isautomatic due to obedience to the law

(ANY LAW . . . . Yahweh's Law, man'slaw, church law)

. This is another pharisaical error, because obedience alonecannot remove the penalty for sin. The penalty for sin is Eternal Death. Sonow the question becomes, "Do we DIE to SELF now and LIVE forever OR do we LIVE for SELF now and DIE forever

?

" Those who will LIVEforever must allow YHWH Spirit to

LIVE IN

us

(not FOR us)

, and that weare to walk in "Newness of Life"

(through Love)

; according to Messiah'sexample.

1 John 2:6

"He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk, even as he(Messiah)walked."What is that walk exactly? Repentance

(converting from a state of iniquity orlawlessness to one of obedience through Love by the rejection of SELF)

.This is not a new concept, and I think we would all have to agree that for ancient Israel salvation

(escape)

from Egypt was a parallel type of salvationfrom SIN. Notice an often overlooked passage from the sectionjust beforethe giving of the 10 commandments to Israel in the Book of Exodus:

Exodus 20:2

"I [am] Yahweh thy G-d, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage."And what follows was the giving of the Ten Commandments. Notice theimplication here! Yahweh delivered them from Egypt

(symbolic sin)

. . . .

BeforeHe gave them the Law

. They Did Not Earn Deliverance from sinthrough the Law! . . . . They didn't earn salvation

(deliverance from sin)

at all. .. .Salvation for the Ancient Israelites

(and Jews)

was by Grace!And that

Grace

(or Favor)

came by way of Yahweh's Covenant with Abraham. ButYahweh had

no such covenant

with Israel at this point in history. It wasn'tuntil

later

at the foot of Mount Sinai that ancient Israel made a Covenant

(vow of Spiritual Marriage)

with The Eternal Creator.However, "Salvation" came first as a GIFT from Yahweh. And thenwhatfollowed wasYahweh'sInstructionsfor them to live in harmony with Him. They did not earn this gift and Yahweh was not required to give it to them.They were a pitiful group of slaves with nothing physical to give Yahweh; just as we

(True Believers)

were pitiful sinners before Yahweh granted us Hisgrace

(favor)

. Yet Obedience

(through Love)

was required of them

after thefact

(and from us too)

.True Believers, arerequiredto walk inobedience, Not To The Laws or Traditions of Man or Church, but to the Laws of Yahweh

(through the Love inour hearts)

after

our conversion. This is not legalism! This is submission and

obedience

(through Love)

to the Holy Spirit

(Mind, Righteous Character, andRighteous Nature)

of Yahweh. This Is The Result of Repentance of Sin

(rejection of "SELF")

and the receiving of the

of Yahweh !As for those who consider

(or considered)

Yahweh's laws as burdensome, butnecessary legalities, as a means to receive salvation, to them it surely is

(orwas)

legalism

; and it is probably just as well that they should stop

(orstopped)

trying to be obedient, because they were

not

seeking Yahweh'sRighteousness from a heart of love, but from a heart of lust.

1 John 2:4

He who says, "I know him," and does not keep his commandments, isa liar , and the truth is not in him.

Note:

And herein lies the difference. The True Children of Yahweh do not keep the commandments to receive Yahweh'sHoly Spirit, but they keep the commandments

(all of them)

because The Holy Spirit of Yahweh already lives in them andhas changed them into Righteousness Seeking "

Reflections

" of Yahweh Himself.It is as simple as this. The legalist limits himself to trying to satisfy Yahweh's"

Minimum Requirements

", and they expend considerable energy trying todetermined just exactly what those minimun requirements are; but those that possess the Holy Spirit cannot be satisfied with just meeting requirements.

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