True freedom is not found in doing as you please; it comes only when the power of God breaks sin's bondage through heart-faith in Christ's death, burial, and resurrection.
The world thinks freedom means throwing off rules, but Les Feldick teaches that a lost person is actually wrapped up in the spider web of the devil, the flesh, and the world. Only God's power can break that binding force, and He does when a person believes the Gospel from the heart. Once set free, the believer has real liberty—but it is never license to do as one pleases.
Galatians 5:1 — Ties true freedom to Christ's finished work and warns against returning to legalism.
2 Corinthians 3:17 — Identifies liberty with the presence of the Lord and the Spirit.
Romans 10:9-10 — Shows that freedom comes through heart faith in the risen Christ, not through external forms.
The Apostle Paul writes, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage" (Galatians 5:1). This liberty is the believer's position in Christ, not a license to live however one pleases. In 2 Corinthians 3:17, Paul says, "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." The Bible also says that salvation comes through believing in the heart what God did in Christ: He died for sin, was buried, and rose again—"For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness" (Romans 10:10). Thus Scripture connects true freedom to Christ's redemption and Spirit-wrought faith.
Les Feldick contrasts the world's idea of freedom with the freedom a believer experiences. He says the lost person is not free at all—he is "entwined in the spider web of the devil, the flesh, and the world" and "wrapped up" in a binding force that only the power of God can break. When a person genuinely believes the Gospel with all his heart, God breaks that bondage, translates him into the kingdom of His dear Son, and sets him free. Les repeatedly stresses that this is the best exercise of free will a person can have. At the same time, he insists that true freedom is not license: believers are not given freedom to live as they please just because they are saved by grace. Rather, they are to stand fast in the liberty Christ has made for them and avoid being entangled again in legalism, the yoke of bondage.
No. Les teaches that the world thinks it is free and feels sorry for believers, but it is actually the other way around. The world is under the chains of darkness, of rebellion, and of satanic power, while believers have been set free. True freedom is so God-given that believers do not want to use it as license to do the things license would permit.
Les explains that the lost person doesn't have as much freedom as he thinks he does. He is entwined in the spider web of the devil, the flesh, and the world, and he is all wrapped up in that binding force. Only the power of God can break it.
Les uses Paul's words in Galatians: "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Believers have been set free from the heavy yoke of legalism and should not come under it again. They have liberty to search the Scriptures and come to their own conclusions, as Les himself encourages when people disagree with him.
The Bible says, "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness" (Romans 10:10). Les emphasizes that this is not head knowledge but wholehearted belief that God in Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose from the dead. He contrasts this with mere rote repetition or walking an aisle, and he points to Simon as someone who did not get the gospel in the heart.
Heart Belief in the Gospel
Les explains that salvation comes by believing in the heart that God in Christ died for sins, was buried, and rose again; a head-only belief is not enough, and Simon is cited as an example of missing heart faith.
The Lost Person's Bondage
Les teaches that the lost person is entwined in the spider web of the devil, the flesh, and the world, and only the power of God can break that binding force when a person becomes a believer.
Freedom of the Believer vs. the World's Chains
Les says the world thinks it is free but is actually under chains of darkness and rebellion, while believers have been set free and have the best exercise of free will—yet it is not license.
Redemption from the Slave Market of Satan
Les says Christ has not only bought believers out of the slave market of Satan but sets them free to experience real freedom, though he immediately adds that this freedom is not license.
Liberty vs. Legalism
Les quotes Galatians 5:1—stand fast in liberty and do not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage—and warns against anyone who says you must do something to be a child of God.
The Spirit, Liberty, and Personal Study
Les teaches that when the heart turns to the Lord and believes Paul's Gospel, the veil is taken away, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty—including the liberty to search the Scriptures.
Grace, Free Choice, and Not License
Les says true freedom is exercised when a person becomes a believer, and it means not being entangled again in the yoke of bondage—but it is not license to live as we please.
Genuine Heart Belief vs. Outward Routines
Les contrasts genuine salvation—believing the gospel with all one's heart under the power of the Holy Spirit—with mere church membership or rote repetition.
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.
This verse directly connects true freedom to what Christ has done and warns against legalism.
2 Corinthians 3:17: Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Shows that genuine liberty is found in the Lord, not in human rules or the world's idea of freedom.
Romans 10:10: For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Emphasizes that saving faith and true freedom begin in the heart, not merely the mind.
No. Les Feldick teaches that true freedom is not license. Believers have been set free from bondage, but that freedom is so God-given that they do not want to do the things that license would permit. Freedom in Christ is liberty, not an excuse to live as one pleases.
A person becomes truly free when the power of God breaks the binding force of the world, the flesh, and the devil. This happens when someone genuinely believes the Gospel with all his heart—that Christ died for sins, was buried, and rose from the dead.
Les says the world thinks it is free and feels sorry for believers, but it is actually under the chains of darkness, rebellion, and satanic power. Believers have been set free and have the best exercise of free will of anybody in this world.
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