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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. |
But to the other kind of legalism i would say that when one makes the law the end as opposed to the means of an end that is where the problem comes in. The law was not meant to be an end in itself but the means to a greater end...the glory of God, our enjoyment of Him, our benefit.
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