Today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

When you struggle with sin, and you have fallen to that same sin again and again,

you've got to look at the finished work of Christ,

and you got to thank God that his acceptance of you is no longer based on how well you live the Christian life,

that it is based on Christ's finished work and thereby receive the power to get up. The up.

Welcome back to summit life.

Welcome back to Summit Life, the Bible Teaching Ministry of Pastor, Author, and Apologist Jady Greer.

As always, I'm your host Molly Vittevich.

Okay, next time you're in a bookstore, you know, that building that you drive to that sells books inside, go take a look at the

self-improvement section. You'll see rows and rows of books promising to unlock the secret

to a better life. But the truth is no matter how many diets you follow,

no matter how much positive thinking you do or mental exercises you complete, none of those tricks

are actually going to fill your deepest needs or fix your

greatest problems. That takes something much deeper. Today, Pastor J.D. will explain to us the only

way to truly change and be set free from our own sinful hearts.

He titled this message, freed to change,

so grab your Bible and turn back to Galatians 3

as we get started. Here's how Paul starts chapter 3.

You foolish Galatians.

Who has bewitched you before whose eyes?

Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.

In other words, at one point you understood the gospel so clearly, but now it's like you've

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