The Blood Of Christ Is Not A License To Sin
Most of us standing for marriage restoration have heard all too much about the grace of God being sufficient to cover and excuse the sin of adultery, because “God is the God of second chances”! I don’t get angry easily, but that is one thing that REALLY ticks me off, and those who teach and believe that need to be VERY careful and should read Hebrews 10 and Matthew 5:17-19, because believing a lie doesn’t make the lie true! The precious blood of Christ was shed as a one time sacrifice for the atonement of our sin, and only the requirement for blood sacrifices was set aside, and it is absurd to believe that it was ever meant to give us license to sin. Since a lot of Christians today erroneously believe the Old Testament is not important and does not apply to us, because we’re no longer “under the law”, I hope and pray the following verses will TOTALLY dispel that notion:
Matthew 22:29
Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
Matthew 4:3
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’
Luke 16 (NLT)
16 “Until John the Baptist began to preach, the laws of Moses and the messages of the prophets were your guides. But now the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and eager multitudes are forcing their way in.
17 But that doesn’t mean that the law has lost its force in even the smallest point. It is stronger and more permanent than heaven and earth.
Hebrews 10
26 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,
27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
1 John 3:22
And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
Jesus did not come to destroy or abolish the law as many so erroneously teach and believe. Instead He came to fulfill the law by Himself being made the pure blood sacrifice it requires for the remission and atonement for our sin. We trample on that precious blood sacrifice if we believe the grace it provides means we are no longer required to honor and obey God’s commandments. Because of the sacrificial blood of Christ, we no longer have to obey the law to avoid eternity in hell, which is the penalty for our sin, in order to go to heaven. So we’re obedient to what His word teaches because we know it’s pleasing to the Lord and it’s the ONLY way to have the abundant life Jesus died to give us. ALL questions concerning the importance of the law in our lives as Christians today were settled by Jesus Himself, because in Matthew 5:17-19 He said “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. It couldn’t be any clearer than that!
Jesus came so we wouldn’t be condemned for our sin, and NOT so we could continue living in it, as illustrated by the woman caught in adultery in John 8:1-11, particularly in verses 10 and 11, which say Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.” Then Romans 6:1-2 makes it even clearer, because it says What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Quite the contrary, Luke 12:47-48 tells us “That servant who knows his master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. As Christians, the only acceptable relationship we have with sin is repentance, which means not continuing in our sin, because Revelation 2:5 says Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
The grace Jesus’ blood sacrifice provides is best understood in 1 John 1:9, which says If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. And Acts 3:19-20 says Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you—even Jesus. And for those who believe this refers only to the repentance of salvation rather than to Christians, here’s what Paul said in 2 Corinthians 12:21, I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery in which they have indulged. We must remember who our enemy is and that he came to kill, steal and destroy, which he ALWAYS does through deception. Therefore, we need to remember these instructions in 2 Timothy 2:24-26, which tells us And the Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will. And that is my prayer for anyone deceived into believing the lie from the pit of hell that we are no longer bound by the law of God’s word. Jesus said we live by EVERY word that comes from the mouth of God, not just what is in the New Testament. And the same things that pleased or displeased the Lord then, please or displease Him now. We know that because Hebrews 13:8 tells us that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. So let’s not be Christians that are destroyed from lack of knowledge as shown in Hosea 4:6, which says my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.