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Have we inherited a false definition of legalism? When Abba says to His people: "I want to bless you with long life and health, therefore do this" --and they honor that Word, is it legalism, or wisdom and reciprocal love to obey? (Read Psalm 119 with this in mind) For the commandment is a lamp ; and the law is light ; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life : Proverbs 6:23 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 1 John 5:3 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. 2 John 1:6 Test this: what was the leaven of the Pharisees? Wasn't it legalism?       "Now the Pharisees and some of the Torah scholars who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Yeshua. And they saw that some of His disciples were eating bread with unclean hands, that is, not washed. (For the Pharisees and all Jewish people do not eat u...