TWO TYPES
OF TEACHINGS
Legalism
Grace
| Tells you what to do | Exhorts you to believe God & His Word |
| Focuses on traditions and customs and creeds | Focuses on the person and the work of Christ. |
| Forces you to conform to accepted practices | Allows diversity in practices |
| Emphasis on rules, regulations | Emphasizes relationships and requirements with God and people |
| Centers on principles and concepts | Centers on the person of Christ |
| Directs you to do what you should be doing | Directs you to what God has done and His resources |
| Points you to a cause, a group, or an organization (church) | Points you to Christ |
| Majors on theology and doctrine | Majors on people and ministering to their needs |
| Seeks to control you | Seeks to release you to enjoy God |
| Results in alienation | Results in love |
| Stresses what you are doing wrong | Stresses who you are in Christ |
| Comes across as judgmental and discouraging | Comes across as accepting and encouraging |