“...(as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just….What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound…God forbid...shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.”
(Rom. 3:8;6:1,2,15)
The simplest definition of antinomianism is: the view that Christians are released by grace from their obligation of observing the moral law (Ten Commandments). There's a popular teaching today (especially among the younger generation), that a saint can live as he or she pleases, no moral constraint.
This teaching is completely foreign to the doctrine of the Apostle to the Gentiles, Paul. A study of his writings show he mentions all the Commandments, with the exception of the keeping of the Sabbath. And that they are characteristic in the life of all professing believers! Grace doesn’t have a lesser standard than the Law.
When grace smiles upon sin, it becomes a disgrace! There is most definitely grace for sin, but not grace to sin. To sin wilfully one need not expect grace, but consequences. There was no sacrifice in the Old Testament for presumptuous sins. Grace didn’t throw a stone but did say, “Sin no more.”That is, stop your sinning!
“Sin crucified grace; don’t expect compatibility!”
(rds)
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