Law and Grace are two totally different principles; under Grace, forgiveness rests on God's unmerited favor, not on meeting the Law's demands.
Les Feldick repeatedly teaches that believers are "not under the Law, but under Grace" (Romans 6:14). He is equally clear that Grace is never a license to sin, so grace does not lower God's standard. Under Grace, everything is based on what God has done, not on what the believer can do.
Romans 6:14 — This is the verse Les keeps returning to: believers are not under the Law but under Grace, which is the foundation for how forgiveness works under Grace.
Romans 6:15 — It answers the immediate objection that Grace means permission to sin, showing that Grace never grants license.
Romans 6:14 is the central passage: "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." The verse does not say that believers are free to sin. Paul immediately asks in verse 15, "What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid." Galatians 5:1 reinforces the theme: "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Scripture presents Law and Grace as two distinct and exclusive principles of God's dealing with humanity.
Les Feldick is amazed at how few people in the Bible Belt know there is any difference between Law and Grace. He says the difference is like "pitch midnight and high noon sunlight." He repeatedly points to Romans 6:14-15 as the proof: believers are not under the Law but under Grace. Yet he is equally emphatic that "grace is not license." Grace is unmerited favor: nothing we can do counts with God, and everything is based on what Christ has done for us. While these clips do not directly explain the specific mechanics of forgiveness, Les frames forgiveness within this same contrast: Law operated with demands and penalties, while Grace rests on God's unmerited favor and changes our appetites and motives. Under Grace, if we fail, God deals with us in love and discipline, not with the Law's death penalty.
Romans 6:14 declares that sin shall not have dominion over the believer because they are not under the law but under grace. The very next verse asks whether that means we may sin because we are not under law but under grace, and answers with an emphatic "God forbid." This frames the entire Law/Grace distinction: the believer's dominion is not through Law-keeping but through being placed under Grace.
Les says over and over that "grace is not license." Being under Grace does not give the freedom to do as we please. Instead, it changes our appetites and our motives. He points out that Paul was already accused of this in Romans 3:7, and Paul's answer in Romans 6:15 is "God forbid." The whole book of Galatians was written to prove that under Grace the Law has no power over us—but that is never permission to sin.
Les contrasts Law and Grace using the Sabbath illustration: under Law, picking up sticks on the Sabbath meant death by stoning. Under Grace, if we fail, we are not going to be utterly chastised or cast out; God deals with us in love and will discipline us if we do not respond, moving from one level of discipline to another. God's mind on sin has not changed, but our circumstances are entirely different.
Les defines Grace as unmerited favor. Nothing that we can do is going to count with God; it is all based on what He has done on our behalf. He also describes coming out of the darkness of legalism and stepping into the light of God's grace.
Law and Grace Are Totally Different
Les says most people have no concept of Law vs. Grace, and that Romans 6:14 proves believers are not under Law but under Grace—two totally different concepts.
Law's Death Penalty vs. Grace's Loving Discipline
Les contrasts the Law's death penalty (gathering sticks on the Sabbath) with Grace's loving discipline, showing the practical difference for a believer who fails.
Under Grace, Not Under Demands of Judaism
Les repeats Romans 6:14 to show that believers are not under the ritual and demands of Judaism, and immediately adds "Grace is not license."
Grace Is Unmerited Favor
Les defines Grace as unmerited favor—nothing we do counts with God, all is based on what He has done for us.
Grace Led by the Holy Spirit
Les explains that under Grace we are not lawless but led by the indwelling Holy Spirit; grace is never license.
Law for Israel, Grace for Today
Les says God dealt with the Jew under Law and deals with us today under Grace, and these are two totally contrary principles.
God's Mind on Sin Has Not Changed
Les says God's mind on sin hasn't changed, but believers are under Grace rather than under the Law's "if you break it, this is what happens."
Grace Changes Appetites and Motives
Les says grace is not license—it changes our appetites and motives, and Paul had to answer the same false charge in Romans 3:7.
Romans 6:14: For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
This is the foundation for the Law/Grace distinction that Les repeatedly teaches.
Romans 6:15: What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Paul immediately rules out the idea that grace gives license to sin.
Galatians 5:1: Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Les points to Galatians as the book that proves the Law has no power over believers under Grace.
Romans 3:7: For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
Les references this because Paul was already accused of preaching that grace encourages sin.
No. Les repeatedly says "grace is not license." Although believers are not under the Law, the Holy Spirit leads and guides them, and God's mind on sin has not changed. Being under Grace changes our appetites and motives rather than giving us freedom to do as we please.
Les says God does not react with the Law's death penalty, but He deals with us in love and will discipline us when we fail if we do not respond, moving from one level of discipline to another. The Law's stoning penalty is no longer the operating principle.
No. Romans 6:14 says sin shall not have dominion because we are not under Law but under Grace. Les emphasizes that the whole book of Galatians was written to prove that under Grace the Law has no power over us.
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