Do not make provision for the flesh!
Romans 13:13-14 "…13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14 Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh."
If we are under grace so that we can sin all we like without worry, then God never would have said the words in Romans 13. God never died on the cross to allow us to sin impunity, He died there to give us a way of coming out of sin and avoiding it.
Those who use grace as an excuse to dismiss sin as unimportant have perverted the gospel.
Someone, Jesus Christ, had to shed all His precious blood to pay for sin, it makes no sense that it would not be important.
One of the worst and most disrespectful doctrines today is that of "hyper-grace", in which people flaunt their sin as if it were pleasing to God.
God hates sin and so should we!
Psalm 97:10-12
10 Hate evil, you who love the Lord,
Who preserves the souls of His godly ones;
He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
11 Light is sown like seed for the righteous
And gladness for the upright in heart.
12 Be glad in the Lord, you righteous ones,
And give thanks [a]to His holy name."
Psalm 139:17-24 "How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.
19 Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!
O men of blood, depart from me!
20 They speak against you with malicious intent;
your enemies take your name in vain.
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with complete hatred;
I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts!
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting!
God hates sin and commands us to hate it too! How can a born again believer hate sin and defend it at the same time?
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