Grace, the Forbidden Gospel - Online Christian Library

deceived into wanting to commit more sin, but their arguments are for other “weaker” Christians who in their
opinion do not yet have the maturity to handle the responsibility that comes with such freedom. Therefore
they insist that the truth of the grace message be taught with a healthy dose of law mixed in to warn these
“weak” Christians against the perils of sinning.
How ironic is it then that the Bible actually teaches us that sin doesn’t increase through grace, but rather
through the law:
God’s law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and
more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant (Rom 5:20 NLT).
Grace actually came in and removed the sin that was made more abundant through the law!
So for someone to say that grace is a license to sin, it simply serves to expose such a person’s ignorance to
what grace actually means and stands for. It reveals that they don’t understand that the power of the Holy
Spirit inside a believer (reminding them of their complete 100% righteous standing before God) is an infinitely
stronger empowerment for “good behavior” than threatening someone with the law.
Therefore as a result of these truths, the legalists can all relax and come to terms with the fact that the Holy
Spirit can be trusted with the transforming work in the life of a believer:
…being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until
the day of Jesus Christ. (Phil 1:6 NKJV)
Nobody appointed us as each other’s moral policemen, so how can we ever try to assume that function? The
truth is that grace can never be reduced to an “acceptable” level to compensate for the insecurities of
legalists. Due to the extreme nature of the law, grace also needs to be preached in its purest form in order to
free people from the poison and prison of “works based” mindsets.
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