Welcome to the in touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Friday August 2nd.

Jesus doesn't save us to patch up the holes. He replaces our sin with his

righteousness. The Life Principle series continues with more on

this key to the Christian life.

What it shock you if I told you? I just can't live this Christian life.

Thank you sir.

What I shock you if I told you? Neither can you.

Do I get another, Amen?

Well, one of the happiest days of my life is when I discovered that I couldn't, he knew I couldn't and it was okay he was

going to show me what the truth was. Because you see I like a lot of other people had struggled and struggled and struggled and struggled and

when I was saved at the age of 12, the pastor said,

Charles you grew up and be a good boy. And one of these days you go to heaven or something

like that or God will bless you. And so I did what he said. I tried to grow up and be a good boy and sometimes I was and sometimes I wasn't all that good.

And somewhere along the way I figured I had a problem and I think a lot of people have felt that way

they've listened to somebody preach the gospel they trusted Christ as their

Savior and they think I'm going to have a new life and it's going to be fantastic and didn't take them very long to think,

I sort of feel like what I used to feel.

And things aren't going the way I thought they ought to.

And so there's sometimes confusion.

I'd been a pastor for quite some time.

And I still struggle with that.

And I would fast and pray and ask God to give me wisdom and direction and show me the truth.

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