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"The preaching of forgiveness and grace gives people the license to sin"
📖 Related Verses (4)
John 1:14 "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."
Luke 7:47 "
The measure of forgiveness preached believed and received is the measure of love stirred up for righteousness stirred up in the receiver
Matthew 13:23 "
It is the proper spiritual understanding of grace that rids us of sin for it is improper spiritual understanding of grace that denies us of this freedom from sin's power Matt 13:19.
Titus 2:11 ,11 "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,",12 "Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live sensibly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;"
The true teaching of grace is the teaching of the most effective way of living righteously
Sin is living at variance to the truth of God's righteousness. Grace is the bridge which enables us to cross from the truth of our sinfulness to the truth of God's righteousness. God reveals the truth of our sinfulness so that we can connect to His grace to live in the truth of His righteousness. This is so because the source of truth is the same source of grace. Grace promotes truth and truth promotes grace.