Grace…To Live Right
Romans 6:13-15 (KJV), “Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.”
Grace is not some great excuse to keep on sinning. Grace gives you the ability to live right. As children of the New Covenant, sin no longer has control over us, because His abundant grace gives us power to live above sin. You’re deluding yourself if you think grace is an excuse to commit sin and get away with anything you please. The wages of sin are still death. You cannot continually sin, and somehow think you have exchanged your nature. Grace is an empowerment, not an excuse for immoral living. If you try to use it as such, you will be judged accordingly. Grace is the ability to keep the Ten Commandments, not an excuse to break them! The standard in the New Testament for morality is actually higher than in the old. Did you know that? Need proof? Then read Matthew 5:27-29 (KJV), “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.”
Old Testament men and women experienced difficulty when they tried to live morally-sound lives, because they had to do it without the power of the Holy Spirit, or an exchanged nature. The blessing of the New Covenant is not lawlessness through grace – it is the ability to live morally because of empowerment through grace.
