I just wanted to share my thoughts on the legalistic Christian. So to break it down, a legalistic Christian is someone who feel as though they can not live up to the expectations of God.
To make an example, a woman with 2 children told her preacher that she feels as though God was disappointed with her. Because she was not doing anything for him. She told the preacher she felt called to volunteer at a shelter, but was having trouble leaving her kids in someone else's care.
The call was not from God but from her own ingrained legalism. Being just a good mother was not good enough for her and also in her mind it was not good enough for God.
If we as humans view God as a fearful being whom we must constantly please, our religion will have no substance, it'll be noncommittal, and our lives will be dominated by fear of God.
We can not live our lives fearing God, it is just ridiculous! There's a saying, that is meant as a compliment that goes "She's a God fearing woman."
This is not a compliment! We should not fear God, who should love God! All are called to accept the gift of His grace, for acceptance means simply to turn to God.
I would like to say, that i am not saying this is how it is and if you do not believe what i am saying you are doomed to hell, it is just my opinion and how i believe. We are all created unique, and that's a wonderful thing, embrace it.
Information formed from the book: Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning.
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