Peter shared a strong revelation concerning a believer who lives in sin. He explained that when you see a believer who lives in sin.....it is because he is.."...BLIND....and cannot see afar off,....and HAS FORGOTTEN that he was PURGED from his old sins"! (2Pet.1v9)

But unfortunately, instead of the 'church' to remind such believers that they have been FORGIVEN and that they are the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF God in Christ Jesus, the 'church' tells them that they have FALLEN from Grace and that they should expect the Judgment of God!!!

There was a time the Corinthian church was deep in sin. They committed ALL manner of sins: Envy, lust, strife, misuse of spiritual gifts, sexual immorality, etc. All these sins were present in the Corinthian church!

But how did Paul correct them?

'KNOW YE NOT....that your body IS the temple of the Holy Ghost ? (1Cor 6:19)

Paul did NOT say: "you these sinners! Your body was ONCE the temple of the Holy Ghost but ever since you committed fornication it BECAME the temple of the devil"

What Paul said is this: "KNOW YE NOT that your BODY IS (not 'was') the Temple of the Holy Ghost?"

Now listen carefully: The reason why you are not yet EMPOWERED to live above that sin in your life is that you keep believing the LIE of the devil that tells you "you are DOOMED for eternal judgment because of your sins"

Stop believing that LIE. The devil will do ANYTHING to make you FORGET that you have been PERFECTLY forgiven by God!

This is because the devil knows that you will STOP sinning when you REALISE that you are the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD in Christ Jesus!

A true teacher of the Gospel REMINDS...believers of their irreversible position in Christ! That was why Paul corrected the Corinthian Church by saying "KNOW YE NOT". And what does "know ye not"? It simply means...."have you forgotten?". Paul was a 'REMINDER'....not a 'CONDEMNER'!

In fact, Paul reminded them in the next verse that "YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE" (1Cor 6v20).

Paul did not say: "you WERE bought, but now God has SOLD you back"!

The devil will do anything to make a believer not to rest in the finished work of Christ on the cross. (Heb 4v1)

In conclusion, let's see how Paul related to the churches in the Bible:

Although the Corinthian church was filled with believers who had weak moral characters you will never hear Paul say to them O FOOLISH CORINTHIANS!

In fact, Paul told them that Jesus would CONFIRM them to the END BLAMELESS IN THE DAY OF JESUS CHRIST'! (1Cor 1:8-9)

But there was another kind of believers who Paul got seriously ANNOYED with! Funnily enough, these believers had STRONG moral characters!...they were the Galatian Church! (Gal 3:1)

These group of believers believe that although you were saved by Grace, you must continue in the works of the Law in order to qualify for God's promises! (Gal 3:2)

You see, people always find the Gospel of Grace difficult to believe because it always sounds too ILLOGICAL! -- "how can you say that a believer is judged as RIGHTEOUS before God..even though he has sins in his life'?

Answer: "How was Jesus judged as a SINNER by God on the cross even though He NEVER committed any sin" (2Cor 5:21).

Now listen carefully: Stop trying to understand how Grace will empower you over sin! Hmm....just BELIEVE!!!

Peter walked on water when he was looking at Jesus but the moment he tried to 'logically reason' about how possible it is for a man to walk on water he began to sink. (Matt 14:30)

The reason you are SINKING in SIN is that you are THINKING on how possible it is for you to have dominion over sin simply by BELIEVING!

'For sin shall NOT have dominion over you; for you are not under Law...but under GRACE'! (Romans 6:14)

If you can get to a point of BELIEVING that Jesus is your righteousness before God and that God is not looking at you to judge you but He is looking at Jesus to judge you, you will be EMPOWERED to effortlessly TRIUMPH over that sinful habit that is confronting your glorious destiny in Christ!

GRACE is the ANSWER to a SINFUL lifestyle! (Romans 8:2)

Amen.

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Thank you preacher......I was blessed by your write up....Kudos

This is the kind of messages we should be listening to on glorious Sunday like this, not casting out devils from Christians, not generational curses on Christians and the likes.

Great grace, great power.

Thank you @ poster for edifying the body of Christ. Grace and truth be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of the finished work of Christ.

Perverted "grace" gospel being sold among carnal,lazy,sinful,prayerless,self centred christians these end times.Make no efforts to live right,you don't even have to do anything cos christ has done it all.Even if you like remain prayerless,skip bible studies,keep lying,stealing,cheating,fighting,fornicating etc, you still get to make heaven as long as you believe in the finished work of christ.
Doctrine of the first born sons of lucifer.
@OP/Poster can you honestly say that since you started believing in the finished work of Christ "without any efforts" you've achieved sinless life in Christ? Fallacy.
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Don't be decieved all the apostles & disciples of Christ made conscious,rigorous,sacrificial,self denying efforts to live right with fastings,prayers,self denials,sufferings,chastisements,preaching etc.It takes a spiritually dead christian to deny this fact that is littered all over the new testament scriptures.It is still a narrow way till Christ comes.

bizmahn: Perverted "grace" gospel being sold among carnal,lazy,sinful,prayerless,self centred christians these end times.Make no efforts to live right,you don't even have to do anything cos christ has done it all.Even if you like remain prayerless,skip bible studies,keep lying,stealing,cheating,fighting,fornicating etc, you still get to make heaven as long as you believe in the finished work of christ.
Doctrine of the first born sons of lucifer.
@OP/Poster can you honestly say that since you started believing in the finished work of Christ "without any efforts" you've achieved sinless life in Christ? Fallacy.
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Don't be decieved all the apostles & disciples of Christ made conscious,rigorous,sacrificial,self denying efforts to live right with fastings,prayers,self denials,sufferings,chastisements,preaching etc.It takes a spiritually dead christian to deny this fact that is littered all over the new testament scriptures.It is still a narrow way till Christ comes.

Do you "understand" what the OP was saying at all?

The same way your likes accused Paul, the Apostle of teaching perverted grace. Don't call what God has said it's clean unclean. In the same way, don't call the gospel of grace perverted, if you don't understand the OP or such gospel.

Can you honestly say you have no sin in your life since you have been "doing" and "trying" your best to please God?

bizmahn: Perverted "grace" gospel being sold among carnal,lazy,sinful,prayerless,self centred christians these end times.Make no efforts to live right,you don't even have to do anything cos christ has done it all.Even if you like remain prayerless,skip bible studies,keep lying,stealing,cheating,fighting,fornicating etc, you still get to make heaven as long as you believe in the finished work of christ.
Doctrine of the first born sons of lucifer.
@OP/Poster can you honestly say that since you started believing in the finished work of Christ "without any efforts" you've achieved sinless life in Christ? Fallacy.
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Don't be decieved all the apostles & disciples of Christ made conscious,rigorous,sacrificial,self denying efforts to live right with fastings,prayers,self denials,sufferings,chastisements,preaching etc.It takes a spiritually dead christian to deny this fact that is littered all over the new testament scriptures.It is still a narrow way till Christ comes.

Thanks for your comment. So you think by avoiding all you wrote up there you'll qualify for heaven? Being born-again is the only visa into heaven..more so if you really love God, you won't do what He dislikes..and that's the basis for this message. For more on what Grace can do, even when you're in sin ask Barabbas what qualified him for freedom!

Wait till tomorrow morning for the Shocker post!

Christians do not have problem reading or even studying the scriptures, Christians have problem UNDERSTANDING what they read and\or study.

Goshen360: This is the kind of messages we should be listening to on glorious Sunday like this, not casting out devils from Christians, not generational curses on Christians and the likes.

Great grace, great power.

Thank you @ poster for edifying the body of Christ. Grace and truth be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of the finished work of Christ.

My brother, I think it would have been better if you stopped at the point you said this is the kind of message we should be listening to. Spending time to attack others and their understanding of scripture even when unrelated to the thread is unhelpful. And does not show maturity. If anything, it shows stinky pride.

nlMediator:

My brother, I think it would have been better if you stopped at the point you said this is the kind of message we should be listening to. Spending time to attack others and their understanding of scripture even when unrelated to the thread is unhelpful. And does not show maturity. If anything, it shows stinky pride.

I'm sorry, that might be your interpretation to what I said but the reference to those other messages are complete message that clearly negate the gospel of grace.

Now, you don't have to make a case for or against my statement because you and I don't agree on such kinds of messages that negate the finished works of the cross.

Who are those that are proud? Me? Or people who teach such messages and/or mix with grace gospel even when they have been shown beyond reasonable doubt from scriptures but still hold unto such messages. Those are the people you should be referring to as 'stinky' proud by their attitude, not my statement.