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Originally Posted by trevorjohnson  The usual way in which people use legalism, however, is different. Usually people use this word to refer to the practice of adding to Scripture and calling it law. Or making a gray issue into a black and white one. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Matthew Glover Agreed.
But it can also be used the other way - to make a black and white issue a gray one.... ie, your being too "legalistic" because we are under grace now not the law & we have freedom in Christ. | I find it interesting that those who would make "laws" concerning things indifferent, ("Don't drink, don't smoke, don't go to movies.") are also the ones who would call strict keeping of the fourth commandment a legalism. 
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