Many a Christian is living a defeated life because they insist on going back under law.

Dr. Tony Evans warns that trading grace for legalism only leaves you unsettled.

The Bible says the law is good.

The problem is you never know when you satisfied it.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

Some people think freedom in Christ means doing whatever they want, but the Apostle Paul has a very

different definition. Today, Dr. Evans takes us to the book of Galatians to explore what it really means

to be free in Christ and why we need to resist the pull to return to spiritual bondage. Let's

join him. We've explained to you that grace is not only a word, a theological concept,

and a person, Jesus Christ brought grace, grace is an administration

that is a way of God operating in the world. We are now to relate to God by grace. Grace does not mean there are no rules.

Grace does not mean there are no demands and expectations. But what grace does is change our

approach to the rules. That's why he says in verse one of chapter five,

it was for freedom that Christ set you free. Now, what is freedom? Freedom is released from

illegitimate bondage. Freedom does not mean the absence of laws or rules.

In football, they're only free to play the game because they're sideline and goal lines.

You remove the sidelines and goal lines and now the running back can run up in the stands

and out into the concessionary and out to the parking lot and come back in on the other end of the field talking about touchdown.

That is not freedom, that is chaos.

So when people talk about freedom, let's make sure we understand, you know, when we talk about freedom in America, we're not talking about they don't know laws in America.

There's certain boundaries that allow freedom to happen.

Once you remove boundaries, there's chaos.

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