The Battle Against Legalism Creeping…#1

Don Calvert ~ February 11, 2024
Galatians 3:1-14

First Type: Outward religious legalistic structures that dismiss or alienate anyone who will

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.
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Second Type:

religious legalism that

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what you believe and where you stand

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of what God’s Word says.
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Certainty: Zacchaeus wasn’t changed by legalism or by religious rule following; he was changed by his encounter with

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the

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!
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Question: Why is

more

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than temptation and accusations?
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Answer: When you are tempted, you know it. When you are accused, you know it. When you are deceived,

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it.
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Βασκαίνω [bewitched] baskaínō: To practice

on others by

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means, to employ witchcraft, with evil intent.
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1st Truth – Stop being

! Remember how you came to know Jesus, it was in the course of what you

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,

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, and

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.
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2nd Truth – Consider Abraham! God announced the

to him

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years before the Law and circumcision was given by Moses; Abraham had been saved by

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through

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.
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3rd Truth – Legalism creeping is a

! Legalists always try to take God’s Word out of its original context by

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cherished,

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,

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beliefs.
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4th Truth – Jesus’

work! It’s one or the other; you relate to God by

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through

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or you don’t

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to Him at all.
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Implication #1 – Legalism is an aggressive

; don’t make

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with it.
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Implication #2 – Salvation is God’s gift to us, it cost God His Son. Don’t try to

it;

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Jesus’ gospel and be

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.
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Implication #3 –

leads to spiritual

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; don’t attempt to reason with what is

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.
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