"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil". Matthew 5:17
Our thinking is what gets us into trouble most of the time. We can either think correctly about something or incorrectly. Correct thinking will produce correct living. On the other hand incorrect thinking will produce incorrect living and behavior. This is seen true in the area of grace. Many people think that grace is a license. Since we are not under the law but under grace they think they have the liberty to do whatever they want to do and it is all right. This is incorrect thinking.
Grace doesn't excuse us from living a holy, pure, consecrated, righteous, disciplined and obedient life. Grace does not give you permission to sin. Grace does not withhold the consequences of your sin. Grace isn't a ticket to live anyway that pleases you. Grace is a gift that empowers you to live a life that is pleasing to the Lord.
If you think you can live like you want to with no regard to God's commands; if you think you can live after the flesh and not the Spirit; if you think you can ignore God's will and pursue your own; if you think you can live an adulterous, unholy, greedy, unforgiving, ill tempered, with uncontrolled anger, with hate in your heart for your neighbor, in drunkenness, sexually immoral and in rebellion against God's Word all because you are under grace, then think again. Your thinking is incorrect.
Have a great day. How you think about grace determines how you will live. Therefore, you better think correctly.
Our thinking is what gets us into trouble most of the time. We can either think correctly about something or incorrectly. Correct thinking will produce correct living. On the other hand incorrect thinking will produce incorrect living and behavior. This is seen true in the area of grace. Many people think that grace is a license. Since we are not under the law but under grace they think they have the liberty to do whatever they want to do and it is all right. This is incorrect thinking.
Grace doesn't excuse us from living a holy, pure, consecrated, righteous, disciplined and obedient life. Grace does not give you permission to sin. Grace does not withhold the consequences of your sin. Grace isn't a ticket to live anyway that pleases you. Grace is a gift that empowers you to live a life that is pleasing to the Lord.
If you think you can live like you want to with no regard to God's commands; if you think you can live after the flesh and not the Spirit; if you think you can ignore God's will and pursue your own; if you think you can live an adulterous, unholy, greedy, unforgiving, ill tempered, with uncontrolled anger, with hate in your heart for your neighbor, in drunkenness, sexually immoral and in rebellion against God's Word all because you are under grace, then think again. Your thinking is incorrect.
Have a great day. How you think about grace determines how you will live. Therefore, you better think correctly.
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