But underlying much of the conscious rejection of spiritual discipline is the fear of legalism… But nothing could be farther from the truth if you understand what discipline and legalism are. The difference is one of motivation: legalism is self-centered; discipline is God-centered. The legalistic heart says, “I will do this thing to gain merit with God.” The disciplined heart says, “I will do this thing because I love God and want to please Him.” There is an infinite difference between the motivation of legalism and discipline! (Paul) knew this implicitly and fought the legalists bare-knuckled all the way across Asia Minor, never giving an inch. And now he shouts to us, “Train (discipline) yourself to be godly”! If we confuse legalism and discipline, we do so to our soul’s peril.
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#1 · August 5, 2013, 8:23 am


Posted by: rxdca <rxdca@...>

On 8/1/2013 1:45 PM, Ken wrote:

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Am I to understand from this quote, that if I don't particularly agree with "young earth" that I am not approaching the Scriptures well, and that I am compromising - the kind of compromise that has contributed to the loss of Christian foundation in the culture?

Ken,

In my spiritual formation class I learned, "The science represented in the Old Testament is only correct in so far as the understanding of the physical world at the time the autographs were written, or the oral traditions were formed."  The Bible isn't a science text book. It wasn't intended to be a science text book. When we try to force the bible to be a science text book we are using the bible in an extra-scriptural way. The same is exactly true with using the bible as a chronograph.

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