"Why not say - as some slanderously claim that we say - "Let us do evil that good may result"? Their condemnation is just!"
Romans 3:8 (NIV)
Who were these people who misrepresented Paul's preaching? For him to say that their condemnation is just, leads us to believe that the apostle, who has penned "therefore there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ" (Rom. 8:1), believes that the people who think that Paul's gospel of grace encourages us towards evil behaviour, are not in Christ, nor have the mind of Christ. The proper understanding of the gospel of the grace of God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, will always lead us towards holiness and away from evil. Any person who sins and says to themselves: "What does it matter? Jesus paid the price. I am free to live any way I want" is either a baby in Christ and needs to hear the truth in love or they don't have the Spirit at all and are in the kingdom of darkness. The Lord Jesus rose from the grave so that we might have His life now! There is power available for those who by faith choose to put off the sinful deed that are natural to us, and choose to put on the deeds of love; the deeds of the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul calls it, "his incomparably great power for us who believe - the same power God used to raise Christ from the dead" (Rom. 8:11). Power to Change: power to put off the acts of our old person and put on the acts of Christ, who dwells in our hearts thru faith.
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