Brad Freeman Podcast

The process of changing our minds involves being quick to hear and receiving with humility the implanted word.   This is how we achieve the righteousness of God.

Renewing our minds to the truth of what Christ accomplished on the cross will transform our lives.  A mind that is captivated by His obedience wins the war!  Eyes that are fixed produce a life that can lay aside every sin. When our focus in on Christ's finished work of redemption - the death of our old man and the birth of our new man - we see His life, His victory and His power born in us.

The word "Repent" is translated from the Greek word "metanoia" which means to change the way you think. God gives us truth to dispel lies.  He gives us Good News to dispel bad news.  He gives us the message we need to hear to change the way we think.

We are the body of Christ glorified.  When He was made alive, we were made alive. When He was raised, we were raised and when He was seated at rest, we were seated with Him.  He sits at rest above all authority and power and so do we!

Jesus took a body and died away our sin, the curse on our sin and the legalistic system that opposed us, accused us and condemned us.

In this final episode of my "Understanding Grace" series, I discuss 10 misconceptions about grace. It's not "grace but" or "grace and", it's GRACE!  We need to remove the misconceptions about grace that make people shy away from what Paul called "the Gospel of grace".

What does it mean to fall from grace?  Paul said when we rely on the works of the law as our means of righteousness and blessing, we've fallen from grace.

Romans 6:14 says sin will not be our master because we are not under Law, but under grace.  Understanding the difference between Law and grace can make the difference between sin mastering you and you mastering sin.

Jesus is making all things new.  As believers, we must always be willing to reconsider to repent or change the way we think.

How focused on sin should Christians be?  The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil vs. the Tree of Life.

1 Cor. 15:22 says that "in Adam" all die and "in Christ" shall all be made alive.  Our faith moves us out of the flesh and into the Spirit.

Is God punishing me for my sins?

God has freely given us all things in Christ (Rom. 8:32).   How do we access all of these benefits?How do we see the fruit of His Spirit in us manifest in our lives?

Law brings the imputation of sin.  But we are not under Law, but under grace.

Grace is the Gospel.  

Romans 5:17 says receiving the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness is how we reign in life!  If you reign, then your sin doesn't reign, your situations don't reign and your sickness doesn't reign.  

This is a message I preached at my home church.  In it, I share how Christ brought us into peace with God.