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.
Who the Lord has cleansed is worthy of His purpose. Call him not defiled or unworthy. What the Lord has cleansed, in the blood of the Lamb, is a new creation...virgin. ~ God [Letters from God and His Christ - Volume 2 - All Have Been Purchased, Few are Chosen]