591. Separating True Sanctification from Behavioral Choices

Religion without life, will seek to pursue a right-standing with God through attempts of self-improvement, and a variety of other works-based methods. Even within Christianity, belief systems will try to make this all about our ability to make ourselves progressively more sanctified and acceptable before a perfect and holy God. The problem with this? We can’t attain a more righteous position than what God has already brought to us through His Son. The standard God demanded was perfection, but not by giving it our best effort to keep certain commandments or other moral codes that will always fall short. Jesus is alive, accepted, perfect, holy, sanctified, righteous, and sinless… And as believers in Christ, “as He is, so also are we in this world.”



   

443. Hyper-Legalism

One of the foundations of legalism or works-based doctrine is a lack of understanding regarding the two covenants. Gentiles were never under the first covenant, we've only been under the second. The Jews were freed from that old covenant when the new covenant was ratified at the death and resurrection of Christ. The new was not an addition to the old, it completely replaced it. Legalists think the moral code of law (commandments) will reduce sin when in fact the scripture is clear that it will increase sin. It brought bondage and death and caused sin to revive. So what is the remedy for sin if it's not following the moral code? It's grace!

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