Wrong Attitudes- A Legalistic Mindset, Part 1 (TMF:569)

Thursday, January 26, 2017
Peace to Live By: Wrong Attitudes- A Legalistic Mindset, Part 1 (TMF:569) - Daniel Litton
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       Number one, let us look at having a legalistic attitude. Probably the chief way Satan gets people trapped into a legalistic mindset is through the twisting of Scripture, particularly wrong interpretations of verses and passages which make us scared into seemingly obeying God. Times also come when people may feel tempted to twist a verse or passage in the Bible because they want to justify their wrong behavior. Really, I think we’ve probably all done this on some scale one or more times in our lives. We can create rules for ourselves and even more so for others that God never made rules. We can make the Christian life so hard by looking at Scripture without love in view that we just make it a rigorous list of rules and regulations that we have to follow in order to be pleasing to God and help others. Which brings up my next point, which is another way Satan cultivates a legalistic attitude is get us to believe that we have to perform for God in order to be accepted by him. He gets us to believe that if we don't go through the motions and do enough good that God will not accept us. But this is a lie from Satan.