Call-In Classic Christianity Radio – Bob George P1152 (07-31-26)
“Everything is Permissible for me,” but NOT Everything is Beneficial
In Christ, believers are no longer under the law as a system for earning righteousness; we have died to the law and now live under grace. Because we are fully forgiven and accepted in the Beloved, there is a true sense in which “all things are lawful” – our standing before God is not upheld or destroyed by food or drink, by days or customs, or by the old written code. Yet this freedom was never given so that we might please the flesh or indulge sin, but so that we might walk in the Spirit, serve one another in love, and live as those who belong to the Lord Jesus Christ.
For that reason, while everything is indeed allowed in the sense that no external rule can add to or take away from the finished work of the cross, not everything is beneficial, not everything is fitting, and not everything builds up the body of Christ. Many things that may be “permissible” can still dull our hearts, enslave our desires, wound weaker brothers and sisters, or bring confusion rather than edification.… Click to Read More And Follow Along With The Message






