Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Grace is sufficient - BY: KB 3.3.15









Romans 5:19-21  …19 For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous. 20 The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6: 1- 7  1 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

We often sit and wait for someone to acknowledge some type of misdeed that cut us to our core; in hope that they'll catch it and make amends right away without our having to say anything. But, I am here to tell you that we shouldn't expect the apology. The people who are doling out the hurt are "soul sick" deeply wounded people. They are so used to operating in "their" world that they barely acknowledge the presence of others. They cannot acknowledge their (sin - for lack of a better word). Their actions do not always have the stench of death about it; they've become adept at justifying and rationalizing. As their hurt abides, their hurt abounds.

Sin can be downright appealing to these folks because they have become so skilled at justifying and cannot see the benefits of forgiveness and grace. They live from situation of drama to situation of chaos and shallow friendships because they too busy abusing the grace extended to them. What they see as friendships are often people who tolerate them and/or competitors secretly harboring ill will.


Like vampires they are afraid of the light because they will be exposed and will have to do REAL work


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