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"Let Freedom Ring" taught by Roger Lansdell
A Study of the Book of Galatians

There is surely a craving in the human heart for freedom, a craving planted there by the Creator. However, millions of people around the globe still languish in political bondage or in the bondage of poverty or illiteracy. But the worst bondage by far is spiritual bondage, and the greatest liberty is the freedom Christ gives to those who trust in Him. In the book of Galatians, Paul addressed a group of churches that had become enslaved to religious legalism and needed to be restored to the freedom of the gospel.

In some respects, the challenges we face today are quite different from those the Galatians confronted. We do not find Judaizers insisting that we become circumcised and keep the Jewish law. Nevertheless, we always have to face the potential threat of legalism, the teaching that insists we must earn salvation.

In this study we will examine three different approaches to life. License caters to the flesh, for it thinks only of self. That is not freedom, but slavery to our sinful desires. Legalism exists to satisfy a set of rules in attempting to gain salvation. The rules in themselves may be commendable, but they are dangerous if they become a substitute for grace and a source of pride. Paul taught the way of liberty. By dying for us on the cross, Christ delivered us from bondage to sin and to the law. We are free, but we have to choose how to use that freedom. The grateful Christian chooses to walk in the Spirit, and the Holy Spirit produces His fruit of godly character in that believer.