I. Legalism always has

(John 8:3-4)

II. Legalism is

at the expense of others (John 8:5-6a)

If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. —Lev. 20:10

If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her, then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor’s wife. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. —Deut. 22:23-24

III. Legalism wants

for others but

Reveal Answer

for self (John 8:6-9)

…for there is no one who does not sin… —1 Kings 8:46

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins. —Eccles. 7:20

IV.

affirms that everyone is equally in need of

Reveal Answer

(John 8:10-11)

A.

B.