Last week, I explained my own journey from the “Carnal Christian” perspective. Every believer knows the tension we have as we struggle with sin – or even try to make peace with it. We know what Paul says in Romans 6:12-14, but we have extreme difficulties with the “ideal” (normative). Many Christians do what I did - they turn to legalism for results. The problem is the results are no better, in a sense, than the “Carnal Christian” paradigm.

In today’s message, we will explore the Galatians passage (and some ancillary texts) in order to understand the problem of legalism.

Today's Music

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"Glorious and Mighty"

Words & Music by Joel Sczebel, Todd Twining, and Bob Kauflin

© 2008 Sovereign Grace Praise | Sovereign Grace Worship

"Who Is Like The Lord"

Words & Music by Jeff Pardo, Kristian Stanfill, Sean Curran

"Holy Forever"

Music and Words by Brian Johnson, Chris Tomlin, Jason Ingram, Jenn Johnson, and Phil Wickham

"Great Is Thy Faithfulness"

Words by Thomas Obediah Chisolm, Music by William Marion Runyan

© 1923, 1951 Hope Publishing Company

All Songs Used By Permission. CCLI License# 258765

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Deacon of the Week:

Melvin Brown