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’ Trying to find salvation by following God’s law WITHOUT the indwelling spirit of Christ is an exercise in futility.’

Yet even when Christ dwells in you, you still sin. Christ’s perfection, not our own is the basis of our salvation. In place of the Passover, I’ll take the Lord’s Supper. The Lamb of God is in the latter is identified, not represented by an animal.

‘Enjoy your Passover then. Legalism is defined in following God’s Law.
Do you have a biblical justification for that viewpoint?’

Perhaps I should have added ‘tradition’ as well. Jesus healed on the Sabbath. Agin the ‘Law’. Gal Ch 3, has a fine discourse on the subject, 19 and following.

Yet even when Christ dwells in you, you still sin. Christ’s perfection, not our own is the basis of our salvation.

Which is exactly what I said. Christ makes up for our shortcomings.

In place of the Passover, I’ll take the Lord’s Supper. The Lamb of God is in the latter is identified, not represented by an animal.

The Lord's supper was done on Passover and was meant to be done once a year, on Passover, as a reminder of the atoning death of our Lord and Saviour.

Luk 22:15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
Luk 22:16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
Luk 22:17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
Luk 22:18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
Luk 22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Luk 22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

Tradition has turned this yearly observance into something else.

Perhaps I should have added ‘tradition’ as well. Jesus healed on the Sabbath. Agin the ‘Law’. Gal Ch 3, has a fine discourse on the subject, 19 and following.

There is nothing in scripture that prohibits doing good or healing on the sabbath. The Jews had created an elaborate set of manmade law that had this prohibition, but as Christ pointed out, it was not scriptural.

Jesus healed on the Sabbath. Agin the ‘Law’

I am always amazed at the ignorance of what Scripture actually says. Repeating what your pastor told you, or what your commentary told you, does not make it true. Please investigate and you will find that it is not unlawful to heal, to do good, on the Sabbath. Only man-made laws made that distinction. No where in the Torah, the first five books of the Bible, will you find a prohibition of healing. Please read Matthew 5:17-19 and know that when you speak such things you are speaking against the very one you claim to follow.