1. GALATIANS

2. Galatians Doctrines The Gospel The Gospel Justification Justification Grace Grace Law Law Legalism Legalism Liberty Liberty Spirituality Spirituality Sowing & Reaping Sowing & Reaping

3. Legalism I. Introduction/Background II. Description/Definition III. Development A. Text—Direct References B. Affects/Symptoms/Implications C. Anatomy of Legalism IV. Application A. General B. Specific V. Conclusion

4. Affects/Symptoms/Implications of Legalism 1. Legalism is devoid of its objective—righteousness 2. Legalism leads to self-deception 3. Legalism misrepresents Scripture 4. Legalism is by sight, not by faith 5. Legalism chokes out grace and graciousness 6. Legalism leads to self-righteous spirit 7. Legalism produces hypocrisy 8. Legalism leads to critical spirit/judgmentalism/persecution 9. Legalism produces doubt and insecurity 10. Legalism leads to imposition of self-righteous standards on others 11. Legalism leads to division 12. Legalism corrupts the gospel 13. Legalism hinders evangelism 14. Legalism hinders ministry 15. Legalism hinders spiritual growth 16. Legalism reduces Christianity to a religious drudgery

5. Affects/Symptoms/Implications of Legalism 1. Legalism is devoid of its objective—righteousness 2. Legalism leads to self-deception 3. Legalism misrepresents Scripture 4. Legalism is by sight, not by faith 5. Legalism chokes out grace and graciousness 6. Legalism leads to self-righteous spirit 7. Legalism produces hypocrisy 8. Legalism leads to critical spirit/judgmentalism/persecution 9. Legalism produces doubt and insecurity 10. Legalism leads to imposition of self-righteous standards on others 11. Legalism leads to division 12. Legalism corrupts the gospel

6. Affects/Symptoms/Implications of Legalism 1. Legalism is devoid of its objective—righteousness 2. Legalism leads to self-deception 3. Legalism misrepresents Scripture 4. Legalism is by sight, not by faith 5. Legalism chokes out grace and graciousness 6. Legalism leads to self-righteous spirit 7. Legalism produces hypocrisy 8. Legalism leads to critical spirit/judgmentalism/persecution 9. Legalism produces doubt and insecurity 10. Legalism leads to imposition of self-righteous standards on others 11. Legalism leads to division 12. Legalism corrupts the gospel 13. Legalism hinders evangelism

7. Legalism Hindrances to Evangelism 1. Lack of Testimony

8. Legalism Hindrances to Evangelism 1. Lack of Testimony 2. Lack of Burden for the Lost

9. Legalism Hindrances to Evangelism 1. Lack of Testimony 2. Lack of Burden for the Lost 3. Critical Spirit

10. Legalism Hindrances to Evangelism 1. Lack of Testimony 2. Lack of Burden for the Lost 3. Critical Spirit 4. Muddled Gospel/Christian Message

11. Affects/Symptoms/Implications of Legalism 1. Legalism is devoid of its objective—righteousness 2. Legalism leads to self-deception 3. Legalism misrepresents Scripture 4. Legalism is by sight, not by faith 5. Legalism chokes out grace and graciousness 6. Legalism leads to self-righteous spirit 7. Legalism produces hypocrisy 8. Legalism leads to critical spirit/judgmentalism/persecution 9. Legalism produces doubt and insecurity 10. Legalism leads to imposition of self-righteous standards on others 11. Legalism leads to division 12. Legalism corrupts the gospel 13. Legalism hinders evangelism 14. Legalism hinders ministry

12. Affects/Symptoms/Implications of Legalism 1. Legalism is devoid of its objective—righteousness 2. Legalism leads to self-deception 3. Legalism misrepresents Scripture 4. Legalism is by sight, not by faith 5. Legalism chokes out grace and graciousness 6. Legalism leads to self-righteous spirit 7. Legalism produces hypocrisy 8. Legalism leads to critical spirit/judgmentalism/persecution 9. Legalism produces doubt and insecurity 10. Legalism leads to imposition of self-righteous standards on others 11. Legalism leads to division 12. Legalism corrupts the gospel 13. Legalism hinders evangelism 14. Legalism hinders ministry 15. Legalism hinders spiritual growth

13. Affects/Symptoms/Implications of Legalism 1. Legalism is devoid of its objective—righteousness 2. Legalism leads to self-deception 3. Legalism misrepresents Scripture 4. Legalism is by sight, not by faith 5. Legalism chokes out grace and graciousness 6. Legalism leads to self-righteous spirit 7. Legalism produces hypocrisy 8. Legalism leads to critical spirit/judgmentalism/persecution 9. Legalism produces doubt and insecurity 10. Legalism leads to imposition of self-righteous standards on others 11. Legalism leads to division 12. Legalism corrupts the gospel 13. Legalism hinders evangelism 14. Legalism hinders ministry 15. Legalism hinders spiritual growth 16. Legalism reduces Christianity to a religious drudgery

14. Legalism I. Introduction/Background II. Description/Definition III. Development A. Text—Direct References B. Affects/Symptoms/Implications C. Anatomy of Legalism IV. Application A. General B. Specific V. Conclusion

15. www.tidings.org www.tidings.org Legalism and Faith (6) The Sabbath (Bible Study - June 1999) www.tidings.org “Of all the myriad rules and regulations the Pharisees kept to preserve their ritual holiness, the Sabbath rules stood at the top. Most holy of all their laws, the Pharisees believed that Sabbath- keeping provided a righteousness nonpareil [without equal]. “ People who believe in salvation-by-works can believe in a hierarchy of their laws. For the Pharisees, ritual holiness defined their religion, and the Sabbath, with its sedulous [diligent] adherence to minutiae, defined their ritual holiness.”

16. www.tidings.org www.tidings.org Legalism and Faith (6) The Sabbath (Bible Study - June 1999) www.tidings.org “With all this grist for their legalistic mill, the rabbis of old elevated Sabbath-keeping into the holiest of all laws. Of course, this level of piety required precise definitions galore, and they went at it with an enthusiasm that has not abated in thousands of years. A quotation from Adin Steinsaltz’s The Essential Talmud gives the flavor of the orthodox position on the Sabbath: “ In the most general sense, the numerous Sabbath laws are an expanding network of minute details deriving from several basic concepts, which eventually create an almost Gothic structure made up of thousands upon thousands of tiny and meticulously fashioned details clustered around an original form.”

17. www.teshuvah.com www.teshuvah.com “Although we support everyone's right to believe as they would like, this site is dedicated to defeating the attempts of missionaries of all types to deceive Jews into converting to another religion.” Yeshayahu Heiliczer, Director www.teshuvah.com 39 Official Jewish Categories of Work 1.Carrying14.Burning27.Extinguishing 2. Finishing15.Writing28.Erasing 3. Cooking16.Washing29.Sewing 4. Tearing17.Knotting30.Untying 5. Shaping18.Plowing31.Planting 6. Reaping19.Harvesting32.Threshing 7. Winnowing20.Selecting33.Sifting 8. Grinding21.Kneading34.Combing 9. Spinning22.Dyeing35.Chain-stitching 10. Warping23.Weaving36.Unraveling 11. Building24.Demolishing37.Trapping 12. Shearing25.Slaughtering38.Skinning 13.Tanning26.Smoothing39.Marking