Theocast
Godliness vs. Legalism
August 28, 2024
Summary
What is the difference between godliness and legalism? Sometimes, when people define godliness, they actually describe legalism or even pietism. Understanding this distinction is crucial, and the Bible addresses it often. Today, Jon and Justin will explain where true, heart-filled, God-glorifying godliness comes from and reveal the damage caused by the lies of Satan—legalism and pietism. We pray you are encouraged by this conversation.
Topics
- Episode focus: Godliness vs. Legalism
- What is the difference between godliness and legalism?
- Sometimes, when people define godliness, they actually describe legalism or even pietism
- Understanding this distinction is crucial, and the Bible addresses it often
- Today, Jon and Justin will explain where true, heart-filled, God-glorifying godliness comes from and reveal the damage caused by the lies of Satan—legalism and pietism
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What is the difference between godliness and legalism?
Sometimes, when this is asked and someone gives the definition of godliness, it actually is legalism or even pietism.
The difference is important, and the Bible talks about it often.
And today, Justin and I want to explain to you where heart-filled, God-glorifying godliness comes from and the damages of the lies of Satan, which is legalism and pietism.
Stay tuned.
If you're new to Theocast, you may not have heard of this word.
It's called pietism.
Have you ever felt like the Christian life is a heavy burden versus rest and joy?
That you wake up worrying about how well you're going to perform instead of thinking about what Christ has done for you, it's dread versus joy, really.
That's pietism.
Pietism causes Christians to look in on themselves and find their hope not in what Christ has done, but what they're doing.
And we have a little book for you.
It's free.
We want you to download it.
And we're going to explain the difference between Pietism and what we call confessionalism, Reformed theology, really, how it is that we walk by faith, seeing the joy of Christ, and when Jesus says, Come to me and I will
give you rest, what does that look like?
You can download it at our website, just go to theocast.org.
Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ.
Conversations about the Christian life from a reformed perspective.
Today, Justin and I, we seek to remove the clutter off the gospel and explain what does it mean to seek first the kingdom of Christ?
