Pledging your allegiance to the flag in the Lord’s sanctuary?
Professing Christians may have the liberty to pledge their allegiance to the flag of the United States. But that should never be done in the Lord’s sanctuary. I, as a conscientious objector, will exercise my duty to resist such idolatry and pledge my allegiance to Christ alone.
OK, the above was 279 characters of the 280 allowed for a tweet. Fast forwarding over much more I have to say.
And no, that’s not “legalism” as some will suppose. It’s Biblical ecclesiology. So what’s the solution to this problem? Repent, put flags on our house, the state house, or the white house, not the church house; and practice a regulative principle of worship. Let’s make the Lord’s church great again. #EcclesiologyMatters
More here https://www.theexpositor.tv/wp-content/uploads/A-Position-Paper-on-a-RPW.pdf
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Below is an accurate definition of what legalism is and is not.
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“Legalism is not a strict and conscientious life of obedience to the commands of Scripture. Legalism is not pressing Biblical duty upon a person. To expound the Word of God and then apply that word to the hearts and consciences of the people of God is not browbeating and it is not legalism.
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Legalism, basically speaking, has three prongs to it. First, it is the mentality of a works righteousness – that is, the idea of my good works earn my salvation or secure my salvation before God. Second, and this is closely related, it is enforcing into practice regulations which God has fulfilled in Christ. This was part and parcel of the Galatian heresy – dietary laws, circumcision, feast days, and sacrifices were added to the work of Christ to ensure that one was truly saved. Third, legalism is when those in authority preach their own traditions in place of the Word of God. In Matthew 15:9, Jesus calls this, “teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.”
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Source: A New Exposition of the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689 (Ventura) Page 386
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