Sin More to Grow in God’s Grace, Right?
To grow in God’s grace, don’t I need to keep giving God more reasons to forgive me?
Our old friend St. Paul clears his throat and says, Keep on sinning so God can keep on forgiving? I should hope not! If we’ve left the country where sin is sovereign, how can we still live in our old house there? Or didn’t you realize we packed up and left there for good? That is what happened in baptism.
Oh. Yeah.
He wrote that down. We know it as Romans 6:1-3.
“I see three ways Jesus was full of grace,” writes Karen Wingate, “three ways that He wants me to copy: Forgiveness, Mercy, and Service.”
QUICK REVIEW “Forgiveness, Mercy, and Service.”
How are you doing in those three areas?
Where’s your cutting edge this fall, this week, today?
“Forgiveness, Mercy, and Service.”
Serious stuff —-
Grow in the grace and knowledge
of our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ.
— 2nd Peter 3:18
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