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I know that people accustomed to the Apostolic tradition might struggle with this at first, sometimes. This is because we have become used to hearing our critics say that "baptism" is "legalism," or that "telling people that they have to receive the Holy Ghost is legalism." But when we then turn to the NT and find our critics are wrong; we come away from that discussion with the wrong idea about "legalism."
Do not let such critics define your faith. If you are obedient to the teachings of the NT then you are not a "legalist." If someone tries to add to the NT or tried to earn salvation through the works of the Old Testament Law, then that's a legalist.
We will have debates about how to apply the NT teachings among ourselves until the cows come home. Interestingly enough, that also was the pattern of the NT Church!
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