Grace, the Forbidden Gospel - Online Christian Library

mistakes past, present and future. People aren’t as gracious as God and therefore when we harm people
and trespass against them, we need to confess to them and ask for their forgiveness.
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. (Jam 5:16
NKJV)
It’s well worth noting at this point that even though a believer that practices such things might at some point
face the music with people or with their local authorities, God will never resent them or stop loving them,
even when they commit the most horrendous thing. The grace of God has made provision enough to cover
even the biggest sin:
...But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more. (Rom 5:20b NKJV)
Now someone might ask “But why would God still want to love such a person even if they have committed
these horrible things?” The answer is simply that once a person has been born again and they are now in
Christ:
But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God - and righteousness and
sanctification and redemption. (1 Cor 1:30 NKJV, emphasis added)
Because of this, the Father loves them the same as Christ. Nothing can ever separate them from God’s love.
God is not ignorant of our mistakes, but His indignation against the sinful condition of man was fully
appeased by the perfect sacrifice of His Son.
Trying to Live More “Holy”
Something that New Covenant believers should guard against, is trying in their own effort to “live more holy”.
Sanctification does not mean we try to stop doing this or that sin; sanctification simply means living from our
position in Christ. When we try to “become” more holy, we go back under the law and open up the door for
condemnation to come in when we make mistakes, making us aware of our own shortcomings and robbing
us again of our confidence before God. We will then not want to get to know God because we’d feel too guilty
to talk to Him.
The implication of this is that we will just have an ordinary life and live like practical atheists whose lives are
void of any of the power of our mighty God. We will continue to feed our unbelief and not have our minds
renewed and therefore we will not get to know God for who He really is: a kind and gracious Father who is
always poised towards blessing and prospering us beyond our wildest dreams.
Cornel Marais from Charisma Ministries 1 says: “Just remember that when you go back and live under law as
a saved believer, it doesn’t mean you’ve lost your salvation, it just means you might only get to know God
when you die, so don’t blame Him for your powerless religious existence on earth while you refuse to get to
know Him.”
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