Luke 6:9 ” Then Jesus said to them, ‘ I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?’ “

The definition of legalism is – the strict, literal, often excessive adherence to the Law.  In this verse, Jesus had just healed a man – on Sunday, in Church, in front of God and everybody!  He was attempting to show the crowd that they had taken the Law and turned it into something God had never intended.  Legalism will take our focus from God to works…it will change our perspective from doing good, to what we can’t do.  In Mark 2:27, Jesus gives a clear answer to this matter when He says, ” The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”

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A Christian mother, grandmother, and retired nurse living in Illinois. Called into a ministry of encouraging others to find their ultimate plan and purpose in life through Christ. View all posts by kezha1