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...But it's faith in Christ (the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5 has perfectly fulfilled by Him) rather than law-keeping that is essence of the believer's walk rather than law-keeping. Hebrews 7.12 says the law was changed; and Hebrews 7.19 shows that what we now have is better than the law.

@Ferris Bueller Well I would dissent because a culture of church tradition which is not actually doctrinally Biblical - but is presented as if it were - can be legalistic...

@VictoryinJesus I do love Philippians, and thanks for the reminder of the reference to joy in Hebrews 12... :)

At Cana, the Lord Jesus turned the water into wine.

@Rita It's a triumphant ending in Revelation 22: "Even so, come Lord Jesus". Interesting that among all the churches in Asia, only the church at Ephesus which regarded itself as so correct and better than others was in danger of having the lampstand of God's presence removed from it....

Spurgeon smoked. I don't think this "proves" something; similarly with moderate wine drinking, etc.

@robert derrick FYI....thread maybe relevant to your legalism discussion...

@robert derrick The list is endless.... :)

Romans 14 speaks about not imposing unnecessary burdens on others.

Great text there...

@Mayflower Another: The Warrior's Prayer The Warrior’s Prayer February 23, 2012/10 Comments/in Breaking the Cycle /by Sarah Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is...

@Naomi25 Indeed! it's a wonderful, Christ-exalting passage full of hope.

@Naomi25 You wrote the above post before your sister did after all pluck up the courage to have it done; but what you said about your sister not being 'avant garde or radical' does indeed illustrate a strong trend: it's conservative people who are indeed having it done very widely: GodsGrace...

@michaelvpardo Psalm 23 ties in with John 10 and 'the Good Shepherd', and Hebrews 13 'that great Shepherd of the sheep'. Yes, 119 is a great Psalm! :)

...but it's also the culture of trying to impose non-Scriptural traditions on others....this is also unhealthy.

"Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." (John 6.29) "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." (John 6.37) "But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew...

Hi @Heart2Soul You said this a while ago about tattoos: I can see how legalists would have trouble with this...

@Heart2Soul Meanwhile, trying to avoid legalism is a good idea for the testimony...

@Heart2Soul Horatio Spafford's hymn comes to mind which he wrote after the drowning at sea of four daughters: "When peace like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to know It is well, it is well, with my soul. Refrain It is well...

@Heart2Soul To extend the metaphor, some ppl can make themselves look very odd if they strain to read things into the Word of God which are really not there, and all because they want to impose some extra rule on other ppl...