Yes, all things are lawful, but there are some limitations.

All things are not expedient.

That means beneficial.

All things do not edify.

That means build up.

So what you want to find out is this.

It's lawful, but is it beneficial and does it build up?

No. official and does it build up. Welcome to Grace to You with the Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

It's safe to say that Christian life is something of a paradox.

Consider this.

Only those who lose their lives will ever actually find eternal life. In a similar way, it's slavery to Jesus Christ that paves the road to

true Christian freedom. But in day-to-day practice, what kinds of things are you free to do or free not to do in Christ?

Well, today on Grace to You, we're going to continue John MacArthur's theme of knowing God's will

by considering the issue of Christian freedom. John's lesson today is titled Principles of Christian Freedom.

And with the lesson now, here's John.

In 1 Corinthians 10, verses 23 through 11 verse 1, we have Paul's final statement regarding

Christian liberty. Now, to begin with, by way of an introduction, this section contains one of the

most important and essential statements in the entire Bible.

In fact, it is a statement that is vital because it encompasses everything else in all that the

scripture says and brings it down to one statement, and it's in verse 31.

It says at the middle of verse 31, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Now that is the bottom

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