Uncancelled Grace
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He wants sin to have power over you.
17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
The truth about Grace is really hard to believe! It’s hard for us to even accept!
The enemy has a pattern and strategy for making us scared to touch certain topics!
4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
they have crept *in*!
They’re here among us!
They are unnoticed
that means their denial of the Lord God and of Jesus is covert. It’s internal! If it was outward and noticeable, they wouldn’t be unnoticed! You’re gonna notice someone denying the Lord!
They say 2 things:
I’m free from sin!
I believe in God
12 These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;
16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.
the eat with us WITHOUT FEAR! They blend in, giving every appearance that they’re one of us.
complainers, walking according to lusts,
WHAT ARE OUR INSTRUCTIONS ON DEALING WITH THEM?
20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And on some have compassion, making a distinction;
23 but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.
build up YOUR faith!
Make a distinction!!!
On *some* have compassion, but others, don’t have compassion on their twisting of grace!!! These people turned grace into lewdness!!! These people have made everyone scared to talk about it!
We deal with them with 2 simple questions:
Are you dead to sin?
Do you love God?
Why? No one who loves God WANTS to sin! No one!
i said something last week: you have to consider yourself dead. The enemy wants to use that to sneak the law right back in!
We can’t allow ANYTHING to sneak the law in!
Can you sin while still considering yourself dead to sin?
There’s one attitude that makes you no longer dead to sin, and it’s not sinning. It’s the thought, “I want to sin so grace may abound!”
EVERYONE has the question: what’s the difference between a Christian who sins and someone who has fallen from Grace? This is the difference. This attitude. Why? Because their faith about themselves is broken. They’re under deception.
Sin doesn’t have dominion over us for one reason: we are UNDER GRACE!!! If we’re not under grace, sin is right back to having dominion again!
If you think there’s ANYTHING you have to DO to be connected to God, to be cleansed or forgiven, you are putting yourself under the law!! This isn’t about what you DO, this is about what you BELIEVE!!!
We can’t receive the ABUNDANCE of grace as long as we believe we owe something for our mistakes!
if we think we’re separated until we repent, we’re making repentance into payment! You can’t think you have to pay for your sins! There is only ONE WAY TO PAY FOR SIN!!! Only one!!! Death!
Repentance doesn’t pay for it, time doesn’t pay for it, good works don’t pay for it,
You’re connected to God by faith! You never connected to Him through not sinning so how could sinning separate you from Him?
The Grace Zone
In the Grace Zone, we have total confidence, peace, power, and authority. We are healed, blessed, delivered, and free!
You walk in the purest, most authentic obedience you’ve ever walked in, in the Grace Zone! Why? Because you finally start to obey out of love. Once you realize there’s no payment, time, or suffering required, you can finally focus on the ABUNDANCE of Grace!
We have those things because we deserve them. Why? All payment has been made in the Grace Zone. All suffering has been suffered. We’re not dirty. There’s no judgment or condemnation in the Grace Zone.
The enemy is working AROUND THE CLOCK to keep you out of the Grace Zone!
You can’t shut up about God in the Grace Zone!