Here is what I mean when I say "legalistic": "You can change what you are by what you do."
That statement is the premise of every religion and every bondage. It is exactly that statement that grace will undo.
Every GraceHead is guided by the principle that we cannot change what we are, no matter what we do. We can only be willing for Jesus to EXchange with us, and that is exactly what He does. He imparts His life to us, and deposits all the divine attributes within us. And by the Grace of this gift of Life - what is true about God becomes true about us.
Paul was not careless to say "Christ, who is your life."
Saints, Christ is our life!
What freedom there is to know that who I am is not based on anything that I do! My identity is based purely on what was done by Another.
So repent therefore, because all the dead in Christ and those still living in Christ, will be raised to life at the Last Day, receiving life everlasting. All the rest of the dead, who rejected Him or did not know Him, will also be raised and live at the end of the Millenial Kingdom. In that Day the penitent will receive life everlasting; and the wicked, condemnation forever separated from God. This is the second chance for those who will choose Christ and repent; or the second death for all those who will not accept the Truth nor will they repent of their evil deeds. So yes, fear Him who has given you life, because He can also take it away. ~ Timothy [Letters from God and His Christ - Volume 3 - The Word of God is Truth...Leading to Life]