"A 'MODERN PROPHET' IS ONE WHO QUOTES OTHER FALSE PROPHETS"
Considering the dogma of so-called "legalism" that is based upon
Excerpts from "Prodigals and Pharisees" by Fred Peatross:
"Legalism is not just sub-Christian or non-Christian. It is anti-
Christian. Pay close attention. Because the works of a legalist is
subtle. They have the answers for everyone and everything. They
confuse knowledge ** for spirituality."
"Martin Luther once said ..."
"Jerry Bridges addresses the error of the Christian Pharisee ..."
"The older brother in Luke 15 was so near, yet so far. So 'right' but
so wrong. He stood on the premise of grace, but was a stranger to its
promise. He seemed so good, hardworking, and obedient. But he had the
heart of a graceless beast."
"At different times in the past I have been both a prodigal and a
Pharisee*. But Christianity is found in neither. Christianity is
centered in Jesus. (signed)Fred Peatross"
TRUTH: (GOD'S "TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU
FREE")
Let's consider the meaning of the word used: "legalism"; then let's consider the Scriptures that use the term. And let us compare some Scriptures to the subject.
English
Dictionary
le-gal-ism
1.
Strict, literal adherence to the law or to a particular code,
as of religion or morality.
2. A
legal word, expression, or rule. --le"gal-ist
n.
--le"gal-is"tic
adj.
--le"gal-is"ti-cal-ly
adv.
Bible references for the
prophet's word "legalism":
Weymouth's N.T.- no such word is translated.
Modern King James
Version "
New King James
Version "
Twentieth Century New
Testament "
World English Bible
"
Young's Literal
Translation
"
Bible in Basic
English
"
Montgomery's New Testament
"
Revised Standard
Version
"
American Standard
Version
"
Darby's Translation
"
King James Version
"
This word is not a New
Testament term. Nor could I find it
in the Old Testament.
THE ORACLES OF GOD are to be
"spoken" if anyone speaks for God:
1
Peter 4:11
"If anyone speaks, let him
speak
as
the oracles of
God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies,
that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the
glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen."
(NKJV)
Compare
to Acts
7:38 "This is he that was in the church in
the wilderness with the angel that spake to him in the Mount
Sinai,
and with our fathers: who received living oracles
to give unto us: "
Acts
13:6
"Now when they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a
false
prophet, a
Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus,"
Revelation 16:13
"And I saw three unclean spirits
like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast,
and out of the mouth of the false
prophet."
Revelation 19:20
"
Then the beast was captured, and with him the
false
prophet
who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the
mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive
into the lake of fire burning with brimstone."
Revelation 20:10
"The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of
fire and brimstone where the beast and the false
prophet
are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and
ever."
(NKJV)
Deuteronomy
13:3
"you shall not listen to the words of
that prophet or that dreamer of dreams,
for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God
with all your heart and with all your soul."
Deuteronomy 13:5
"But that prophet or that dreamer
of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken in order to turn you away
from the LORD your God,
My
conclusion:
Division in Christendom and the world is caused by failure to respect
God's oracles as written and confirmed by signs and faithful witnesses ages ago (Jesus rebuked the devil's oracles with
"it is written" [Are we above Jesus? Can we answer the false prophet by speaking
outside the oracles that are written?]).
*
Where were the
Pharisees ever condemned by Jesus because of their obeying God's
Law?
Rather, Jesus told them, "These
you ought to have done
AND
not
left the others undone."
