The Rule of Life. The way of the Lord Himself is the true "rule of life" for the believer since His manifestation, not even all the written Word alone, but that Word seen livingly in Christ, who is made a spring of power by the Holy Spirit to his soul that is occupied with Him. "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal [on equality] with God: but made Himself of no reputation [emptied Himself]." [13]
Legalism. Legalism is an insidious thing, because it looks fair. When this is the case, men fancy that they become practically more holy, but the contrary is the fact. What produces true holiness is