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FAQ # 48
QUESTION 48 : After being regenerated or saved by grace, is grace simply a license
to sin?
Absolutely not!
In fact, it is suppose to keep us from
sinning, as the bible records:
“For the grace of God that
bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying
ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and
godly, in this present world” (Tit 2:11-12).
For instance: Bam! Bam! Bam! I’m getting
hit upside the head several times by an unforeseen force. Each time getting
hit without realizing why I’m getting hit or who is doing it. Suddenly,
I realize that I was stepping back ways on a rake. But because I’m unaware
what a rake is and the danger of the repeated action, I keep doing it
until I die.
Fortunately, the owner of the farm, whom
I don’t know, came and told me what I was doing wrong and showed me how
to avoid it before I died from the repeated hits; he also removed the
rake and healed my previous concussions. The farmer didn’t know me nor
had nothing significant to gain by helping me, he show me unmerited favor
(grace) and set me free from killing myself.
It’s God’s unmerited favor to us that
identifies and deal with the killer -- sin.
Those who live by grace understand the
truth of who they are in Christ (holy, pure and righteous)...sin is the
opposite of their identity. He or she doesn’t need a rule or a law to
conform to his or her own identity. He is just he. She is just she. And,
You are just you! The "new you" can be identified with the Lord
Jesus Christ and is by nature, forgiven, righteous and accepted.
If anyone claims to be a born again believer
and continue in sin, banking on the wrong perception of grace, be kindly
reminded of Titus 2:11-12: “For the grace of God…Teaching us…[to] denying ungodliness and worldly
lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present
world.”
That’s one of the main purposes
of the Holy Ghost and Jesus Christ, whereby John could have said,
“Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:6-8). That is, destroy the constant sinning in us.
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