"... a man is not justified by the works of the law..."
Many Christians thinks this scripture means that works are no longer necessary after being saved.
What is this lie that is being shared throughout Christianity that “we will never be perfect,” “there is nothing for us to DO,” and what are these lies about what “legalism” is to hinder people from perfecting themselves? The word legalism is not in the Holy Bible. Legalism is defined in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary App as a “strict, literal, or excessive conformity to the law or to a religious or moral code .” If that is the case, then Christians are legalists because the law, or commandments that we diligently adhere to, have not been done away with---as some would suggest---because we restrict ourselves from the freedom to sin, lest we die. The comparison of legalism to the hypocrites that Jesus rebuked, misleads many Christians into thinking that the hypocrite's hypocrisy was all about their strict adherence to the law and...