Living by Grace is not freedom to sin I visited a church for word exposition in Auchi (CAC) when the pastor sound a warning that nobody is righteous and non can even be unless by grace,; which is the truth. during the section of contribution, I stop up to talk on that particular theme, because it occurs that specifically, this days youth uses this fact to indulge themselves on different kind of sin on the saying that we live by grace. In my yesterday message when speaking on “Christian Success” a comment was made: No one can be like Jesus, but everyone can follow Jesus. No one can know God, but anyone can earnestly seek him. What defines a Christian is not how good he is, but how hard he tries. everyone can try. Before describing this doctrine, Paul begins by warning us that grace is not to be abused. Those who have been cleansed of their sin ought not take advantage of God’s grace by imagining that it means license to rebel against the moral laws of God. The doctrine of GRACE is easily misunderstood. One reason is because the most NATURAL thing to do with GRACE is to ABUSE IT! The second most natural thing to do is to MAKE LAWS that prevent us from ABUSING GRACE. Mr. Wayne Baker recently said this story which applies to our understanding of grace. A Preacher who wanted to get his point across to the elementary school chapel. He brought up 4 clear glasses and 4 worms. He carefully put a worm in each glass and proceeded to add an ingredient to the glass. One glass he filled with whiskey, one with cigarette smoke (he covered the class to keep the smoke in), in one glass he poured chocolate syrup and in the last glass he put a mixture of moist fertile soil. The preacher went on to speak about being rooted and grounded in the CHRISTIAN Life. At the END of the sermon he went back to the glasses to evaluate the condition of the worms. As expected, the worm that was in the glass full of whiskey was dead, as was the worm that was in the glass filled with cigarette smoke, and the worm that was in the glass filled with chocolate syrup. However, the worm that was in the glass filled with FERTILE SOIL was THRIVING and happy! (as happy as a worm can be). For his grand conclusion, the preacher asked, “Boys and girls, what lesson do we learn from these four glasses? From the last row a third grade boy shouted out, “If you drink whiskey, and smoke cigarettes, and eat chocolate, you WON’T GET WORMS! Well I hope that you don’t drink whiskey, smoke cigarettes or consume large quantities of chocolate, but I do know that each and every one of us face temptations of various kinds. These verses establish the foundation upon which we will be enabled, by God’s grace, to serve him with obedience. First, notice with me from Romans 6:1 that God Did Not Save You to Continue in Sin. Romans 6:1 "What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?" This is a rhetorical question. The obvious answer is, “no, the Lord did not save you to continue in sin.” Paul makes this point with a present tense verb, literally translated, “Go on sinning.” A Christian should not consider the possibility of sinning “So that GRACE may increase.” The word increased is used in Rom 5:20. “Where sin increased, grace increased all the more.” Such a sinful attitude would be absurd! Other scriptures bear this out. (1 Thessalonians 4:7) "For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life." (1 Peter 1:14-16) "As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 09:49:49 +0000
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