I’m Saved, but I Feel Like I’m Never Doing Enough
Calvary Church with Skip Heitzig Audio Podcast
Skip Heitzig
4.8 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Legalism was a serious problem in Paul’s day, and it’s a serious problem today. Vibrant truth is exchanged for a narrow-minded list of do’s and don’ts. The glorious name of Jesus becomes a synonym for a gloomy killjoy. A legalistic Christian is a dangerous substitute for the real thing. Anyone living under this tyranny never feels like they are doing enough. Let’s get some help!
I. Legalism Contradicts the Gospel
II. Legalism Contradicts Experience
III. Legalism Contradicts Logic
Talk with God: Ask for the Holy Spirit to reveal areas where legalism is taking over your walk and for peace to rest confidently in your salvation—through your faith in Jesus alone.
Talk with others: Encourage a fellow believer by reminding them of Jesus’ work in their lives.
Talk with kids: What promises has God made to us?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Calvary Church with Skip Heidding. |
| 0:02.8 | We're so glad you've joined us today. |
| 0:05.5 | Being a Christian is hard. |
| 0:07.3 | Whether you've been a believer for a day or a decade, |
| 0:10.4 | faith in Jesus won't make you immune to the challenges and troubles of life. |
| 0:14.4 | We all need a little help, and we find the help we need in Scripture. |
| 0:18.7 | So, let's dive into God's Word, the ultimate source of truth, |
| 0:23.3 | wisdom, and supernatural comfort. Make your way to the book of Galatians. We're continuing |
| 0:31.0 | this little study we call help because we all need it, right? There's so many areas in our Christian life where we need God's help, and I think this may |
| 0:42.5 | resonate with some. |
| 0:44.1 | So one of the most famous authors in American history is a guy by the name of Mark Twain. |
| 0:51.1 | It's no secret that Mark Twain had a real problem with organized religion and had his run-ins with |
| 1:01.0 | religious people. Mark Twain once said, having spent considerable time with good people, |
| 1:10.0 | I can understand why Jesus liked to be with tax collectors and sinners. |
| 1:17.3 | He's not alone. If you were to ask the average unbeliever what they think about a Christian, |
| 1:23.1 | you would hear words like legalistic, judgmental, hypocritical. Now, understand that they may see |
| 1:34.9 | life through a lens where everything you do no matter what you do or say is bad because anybody |
| 1:42.3 | who calls out their sin is a legalist. |
| 1:46.5 | But I came across a study where a researcher interviewed thousands of unchurched |
| 1:54.0 | non-christians over several years and just sort of got their intake and input of what they are thinking about, what they |
| 2:03.0 | regard Christians to be like. And there's two things, I'm not going to give you the whole |
| 2:08.3 | study, but two things that stood out to me. Number one, they said Christians are against |
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