Grace The Power To Change
Part 19
Grace Completed
If the message of grace means we are truly free from the law, doesn’t this mean we are free to sin?
Many people who hear about freedom from the law begin to live loose, destructive lives. People who sin do it because they want to. They believe that sin will bring them pleasure. People should know the effects that sin will have in their lives. They should know and identify all the destruction in their lives and associate it with the sin they believe or commit. They should never be led to believe that God is bringing the pain. Grace does not keep us from the destructive results of sin.
What really makes grace work and brings change to a person’s life?
It is not believing in the doctrine of grace that makes grace work. It is believing in faith righteousness that makes grace work. A person must believe that he is righteous through the Lord Jesus for grace to empower him to make changes.
What will cause sin to lose power in our life?
As righteousness is established in our hearts, sin loses all its power. We rise above our fears of sin. We rise above our desire for sin. Very little of our time and effort will revolve around trying to get victory. Instead, our lives will begin to revolve around the person who has given us the victory –Jesus Christ.
1Co 15:56 Now death's stinger is sin, and sin's power is the Law.
Rom 6:14 For sin will not have mastery over you, because you are not under Law but under grace.
Tit 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.
Tit 2:12 It trains us to renounce ungodly living and worldly passions so that we might live sensible, honest, and godly lives in the present age
Questions to ask yourself.
How do you respond to the grace of God in your life? Does it cause you to live a destructive life or does it make you want to live a righteous life?
Have you ever felt as though God is the one bringing pain in your life? Can you see now that it was not God, but the results of your own sin?
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