Some of you are probably really concerned about this title.

Guys, you've gone too far.

Well, we're here to defend not ourselves, but we want to show you from Scripture that all power remains in Christ and Him crucified.

And the law is only but here to guide us or convict us.

And we're going to talk about the different uses of the law,

but the law is powerless to save and it's powerless to sanctify. Let us prove it to you from

scripture. Stay tuned. If you're new to Theocast, you may not have heard of this word. It's called

pietism. You ever felt like the Christian life is a heavy burden versus rest and joy, that you wake up worrying

about how well you're going to perform instead of thinking about what Christ has done for you.

It's dread versus joy, really. That's pietism. Piatism causes Christians to look in on

themselves and find their hope, not in what Christ has done, but what they're doing.

And we have a little book for you. It's free. We want you to download it. And we're going to

explain the difference between pietism and what we call confessionalism. Reform theology, really,

how it is that we walk by faith, seeing the joy of Christ, and when Jesus says, come to me and I will give you rest,

what does that look like? You can download it at our website. Just go to Theocast.org.

Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ.

Conversations about the Christian life from a reformed pastoral, confessional perspective.

Our aim today, if this is your first time listening, is to pull the collater off the gospel,

which is the power of God to save.

And reclaim the purpose of the kingdom, which is God uses the church to advance his gospel, which is the power of God to save. And reclaim the purpose of the kingdom, which is God uses the church to advance his gospel throughout the world to bring those into his kingdom. That is the

purpose. And that's what we want to talk about today. Your hosts are Justin Purdue, pastor of Covenant

Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina. And I'm John Moffitt. I'm the pastor of Grace Reform Church

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