We Are Children of Promise, Not Slaves

There lingers within every Christian the tendency toward legalism. Our flesh is contrary to the Spirit of Christ and one way it opposes the truth is to oppose the gospel and tempt us with trusting in our own performance to merit God's approval. This will always end in failure, because no human being will ever be justified by works of any law or code. Condemnation is the only result to be found in the law.