Obedience is not Legalism

Those who do not want to obey God His way will always call every principle and rule "legalism."

Legalism is obeying rules God never made and demanding others do it too. Obedience is obeying Christ's principles merely because He told us to. We don't always understand His ways but we obey them because He is God and knows all things.

To trust in ourselves or any other man is foolishness and willfulness.

Psalm 45:2-4 "…2 I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3 Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save. 4 When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish."

Psalms 118:8 - "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man."

Isaiah 31:1 - "Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!"

Proverbs 3:5

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding."

Those who trust in their own cleverness are foolish, they think they know all that is needed to know to be able to make a decision. These people are frustrated all the time because many things they desire do not work out because they are not God's will for them.

When things do not work out the way we hope, as born-again believers we do not fret because we know God knows what must occur for our own good and for His glory.

Hallelujah.....He knows best all the time.