The Danger in Grace

I’m well aware this issue of grace is indeed questionable ; particularly when I’m calling for a new awakening to the liberty Christians have in Christ. Some will take what I write about grace and go insane with it. Others will misread what I write and misquote me, misunderstand me, and charge me with caring small about the holiness of Almighty God because ( they’ll say ) I give folks the liberty to sin.

On the other hand, some in the camp of carnality will thank me for relieving their guilt, because in their misunderstanding they now think it is OK for them to keep on in their loose and carefree way of life.

I just wish these things wouldn’t happen, but that’s the likelihood I am willing to take by holding nothing back so that the full message of grace be set out. Yes, grace that’s presented in all its charm and beauty is dodgy. It brings grace abusers as well as grace killers out from under the rocks. Let’s return to a key verse of Scripture, Romans 5:1 : “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with Our Lord God thru our Lord Jesus Christ.”. For any one to stand securely and be at peace before a holy and just God, that person must be righteous.

It does not mean the believing sinner stops sinning. God sovereignly bestows the gift of unceasing life on the sinner right now he thinks and thus declares him righteous while the sinner still lives a life marked by continual sinfulness. He has not guaranteed to live a sacrificial, spotlessly pure life. He has simply taken the present of everlasting life. He has changed his mind toward Christ ( repentance ) and accepted the free gift of God apart from works. By grace, through religion alone, God declares the sinner righteous ( excuse ), and from that moment on the justified sinner starts a technique of expansion toward maturity ( sanctification ). Day by day, bit by bit, he learns what it suggests to live a life that respects Christ. Actually, it weakens the full force of excuse. Reason truly means this : although I sin intermittently and have found myself unable to stop sinning on an enduring basis—God announced me righteous when I thought. And because I’m going to continue to sin from time to time, I find much more reason to be thankful for grace. And so, as a sinner, my only hope for survival is grace. In its best form, it makes no material sense.