Sovereign Grace Ministries

"Legalism is seeking to achieve forgiveness from God and justification before God through obedience to God. A legalist is anyone who behaves as if they can earn Gods forgiveness through personal performance It says to God in effect Your plan didn t work. The cross wasn t enough and I need to add my good works to it to be saved legalism is essentially self-atonement for the self-glorification and ultimately for self-worship." - C.J. Mahaney