God's Grace- our Salvation from sin

Many Antichrist pastors and leaders are quick to ascribe all forms of lawlessness in the church to the preaching of God's grace which saves from sin; but dig deeper and you'll find that congregations where news of bitterness, sexual immorality and schisms abound do not teach Grace. They preach righteousness by works (an effort in futility going by Romans 3:20) and not righteousness by faith. 

They preach that right-standing with God and receiving from Him depends on what one does and not what Christ has done, a teaching contrary to Romans 3:20 (law-keeping cannot make any righteous in God's sight) Romans 5:19 ("so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous") and Romans 8:32 (God gives us all things freely with Christ.)

These ones believe that they are the ones who hold themselves together and not Christ, so they fail because "the arm of flesh will fail." And when they fail, somehow, these Grace "police" say it is because of Grace; the Grace of God that they have neither known nor seen.

Religious leaders of Paul's day falsely accused him of preaching that the people should discard the Law (when what Paul preached was that Christ came to fulfil the Law.) They also falsely accused him of preaching that it is okay to sin because of Grace, as it is written in Romans 3:8-

"And why not say, (as some slanderously report and claim that we teach) “Let us do evil so that good may come of it”? Their condemnation [by God] is just"

See the MSG version:
"Some people are actually trying to put such words in our mouths, claiming that we go around saying, “The more evil we do, the more good God does, so let’s just do it!” That’s pure slander, as I’m sure you’ll agree."

Just like their equally religious "grace police" counterparts do today, these people slandered Paul by saying that he was teaching that it is okay to sin because of Grace.

If you find yourself in the same boat as Paul today, don't be discouraged. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad! Great is your reward in heaven...and you can withdraw from right here on earth where you need it! In heaven there's no sickness, no lack, no ills whatsoever so what are you going to do with the rewardof good health and such in heaven:)

Grace is not an excuse to sin. It is the Way out of sin; the Way to produce "a harvest of good deeds for God" according to Romans 7:4. In Christ (under Grace) you will not continue to sin. As the righteousness of God in Christ, our path is like the morning sun that shines ever brighter unto the perfect day; never darker, because it is Christ Himself who leads us on the path of righteousness.

Grace is the antidote to sin.

Believe Right and you will Live Right.

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