Legalism?

"Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their evil, declares the Lord. Therefore their way shall be to them like slippery paths in the darkness, into which they shall be driven and fall, for I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment, declares the Lord. In the prophets of Samaria I saw an unsavory thing: they prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray. But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his evil; all of them have become like Sodom to me, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah."
Jeremiah 23:11-14 (ESV)
 
Leaders who strengthen the hands of the evil so that no one turns from evil are evil. It is easy for a "leader" to justify a lifestyle of sin so they can maintain their popularity. Lot did not start a part of Sodom and Gomorrah, yet, he eventually was destroyed by his decision to be a part of such ungodliness. I wonder if anyone advised Lot against living in Sodom, and if they did, would they have been accused of being "legalistic?"


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