Were his suggestions about hedges bordering on legalism or moralism?
Remember, so much of legalism really comes down to your own heart. One’s choice to glorify the Lord by having certain boundaries may be another’s “list” of doing things in order to have favor with God or to feel righteous one’s self. Building up hedges in our lives for the glory of God and in order to walk wisely does not make us legalists. “Doing things” for the sake of earning favor with God or to feel “good” about our standing before God makes us legalists. We need to make sure theology is Biblical in regards to our views on sin, grace, salvation, favor with God and sanctification. We also need to search our hearts and constantly pull up those weeds of self righteousness and legalism as well. But please do not presume “legalism” upon a man who is seeking wisdom regarding ways to “flee sexual immorality.” (1 Cor. 6:18) And in regards to moralism, we all acknowledge that a part from the gospel of Jesus Christ, our seeking to be “good” in the area of sexuality is yet another “filthy ra
