The Real Grace of God
(Jude 1:4 states), 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.
I want to point out a phrase that I believe is very dangerous ground for the Church in America today. It is the phrase, "Ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness."
Lewdness literally means unrestrained lust, wickedness, and immorality. These people believed that once you were saved, you could live however you wanted.
There are people in the Church today with this type of thinking. They believe that if you are saved by grace, and their good works doesn't merit salvation, then they think they can do whatever they desire.
They think you can sleep around, commit adultery, live a homosexual life style, get drunk, the sky's the limit. It's grace! Your works don't have anything to do with it. You can live however you want!
One of the things that I have heard throughout the years is, "Hey, it doesn't matter. It's grace. God will forgive me, so I'm going to go ahead and do what I want."
(1 Corinthians 6:9), states- Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
You do not want to live that way. Believe me, something begins to break down inside of you, and you will pay the piper eventually.
(Romans 6:1-2) states, What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
(Romans 8:12-14) states, Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
If you are turning the grace of God into lewdness through immorality, or any other sin, I challenge you to stop it today. Confess your sin to God, repent and turn from whatever it is that you have been doing, and ask God to forgive you and to help you live for Him. If you do, you will experience the real grace of God, which teaches us that we should live soberly, righteously and godly in this present age. (Titus 2:11-12). (James 1:22) states, But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
(Jude 1:4 states), 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.
I want to point out a phrase that I believe is very dangerous ground for the Church in America today. It is the phrase, "Ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness."
Lewdness literally means unrestrained lust, wickedness, and immorality. These people believed that once you were saved, you could live however you wanted.
There are people in the Church today with this type of thinking. They believe that if you are saved by grace, and their good works doesn't merit salvation, then they think they can do whatever they desire.
They think you can sleep around, commit adultery, live a homosexual life style, get drunk, the sky's the limit. It's grace! Your works don't have anything to do with it. You can live however you want!
One of the things that I have heard throughout the years is, "Hey, it doesn't matter. It's grace. God will forgive me, so I'm going to go ahead and do what I want."
(1 Corinthians 6:9), states- Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
You do not want to live that way. Believe me, something begins to break down inside of you, and you will pay the piper eventually.
(Romans 6:1-2) states, What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
(Romans 8:12-14) states, Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
If you are turning the grace of God into lewdness through immorality, or any other sin, I challenge you to stop it today. Confess your sin to God, repent and turn from whatever it is that you have been doing, and ask God to forgive you and to help you live for Him. If you do, you will experience the real grace of God, which teaches us that we should live soberly, righteously and godly in this present age. (Titus 2:11-12). (James 1:22) states, But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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