You Do Not Have a Free Pass to Sin
I’ve been so burdened lately. I see people who claim to be Christians doing unGodly things, and it breaks my heart. Many are raised to believe that once you pray the sinner’s prayer, Jesus comes in and forgives your sins and it doesn’t matter what you do from there on out because “it’s all under the blood.” Friends, this is not the Gospel. Jesus came to set us free from sin, not give us a free pass to sin.
In Romans 6:1, Paul asks, “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?” He goes on to answer his own question, “God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?”
I think the biggest problem in today’s society is that we are very me-centered. It’s easy to acknowlege God on Sunday as we strive to look good to those around us, but how do we act the rest of the week?
We also like to compare ourselves to others since that can boost our ego as well but, if we would look into the mirror of Scripture, we would realize that we are selfish and proud and vile apart from God. This should send us to our knees, crying out to Him for mercy and asking Him to change us instead of feeling pretty good about ourselves. Rather than doing that, we feel like as long as we’re happy, that’s all that matters. What about whether or not God is happy with us?
We are only a little over two months away until the end of another year. I would like to enter 2019 closer to God than I’ve ever been. This can only happen through putting off “the sin which so easily besets us” and running “with endurance the race that is set before us” (Hebrews 12:1). Let’s not lose sight of the goal. It is not our happiness. It is God’s holiness and making Him known to those around us. Let us be lights in everything we say and do instead of stumblingblocks.
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