If this code of conduct was not legalistic, what, then, constitutes legalism? It is obvious from the Jerusalem council’s decision that an institution is not legalistic for simply establishing rules of conduct. Rather, the purpose for which it establishes its code reveals whether or not it is legalistic.
If a Christian institution wants to turn questionable practices into moral absolutes or sees its code as gaining merit from God, then the code is a form of legalism. But if the institution wants to show genuine love by not offending those with weaker consciences and truly wants to help its members avoid such offenses to enable more effective ministry, then it is not legalistic. -Renald E. Showers
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Sooner or later we all sit down to a banquet table of consequences. - Robert L. Stevenson
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Since the Scriptures cannot be recalled to mind unless they’ve first been installed in the mind, and since they cannot abide in our hearts unless we first hide them in our hearts, it is surely pleasing and honoring to God that we learn “by heart” as much of His Word as we can. H.M. Morris
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This devotional reading of the entire Bible, all sixty-six books, will instruct us on how to live in light of His soon coming and encourage us to live, as instructed, as we await His shout at the Rapture to join Him in the "air". By the way, that "shout" could come today, so keep looking up. - Jimmy DeYoung
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By the way, there are no "streets" of gold in the New Jerusalem. Notice the word "street" is not in the plural, the way so many people speak of them or sing about them. In the New Jerusalem there is only one "street", Revelation 21:21 and 22:2. Therefore, we all live on "main-street" in the New Jerusalem, not on some "back street". - Jimmy DeYoung
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