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You can never get the new thing that Christ has done for us to fit into old thinking.

I'm Joyce Meyer. I've seen God's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.

How many of you are really glad that you either know or are learning the Word of God?

You know, I was thinking during worship, the Word of God works, and if it's not working for you,

then it's because you're not working it.

When we do what the Bible tells us to do, our lives will change.

They don't change all at once.

They change gradually, little by little.

But if you stick with God, your life will be completely and totally transformed.

I'm going to talk to you this morning about the difference in law and grace

and how even as new covenant Christians,

many times we mixed a lot of the old covenant stuff in with it

and how it weakens it.

You know, the devil wants us to be legalistic.

I think one of the biggest challenges that we will ever have in our life is to live a holy life without becoming legalistic.

We are called the holiness, but so many people that try to live a holy life then make so many rules and regulations for themselves

that they become legalistic.

And one of the things that happens, the moment you become a legalist, is you start judging other people

that aren't doing what you're doing or as much as what you're doing are the way

you're doing it. I've been a legalistic Christian. I would have made a wonderful Pharisee.

And I would imagine that I have some friends here today that could say the same thing.

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