Under Grace and Love the Law

For those who think since we are under the Law we don't have to follow it anymore, sin doesn't matter, and they do not understand grace or the Law of God.

Because we are under grace the Law that condemned us before lives in us. The Law Giver Jesus Christ lives in us so before we were afraid of the Law now it has become a part of us and we love it.

Grace and mercy were not given so that sin could grow and destroy. Grace was given to allow us to come to Christ so that He can change us into a new creation. Mercy came for those who are repentant.

Grace and mercy are not for those who love and defend their sin, those who think like this are not born again and are on their way to hell.

1 John 3:7-9 "…7 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous. 8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. 9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.…"

When we see someone who defends sin claiming to be under grace we are experiencing someone who has not been born again. Those who are born again love Christ Who lives in them and hates sin of every sort. When they fall themselves they confess to be cleansed.

1 John 1:9

"9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

This passage was written to believers who want to be cleansed, not unbelievers who love their sin and even defend it.

We Have Authority, Embrace It!

Amen! God has given born-again believers authority over the devils and evil ones. We can speak boldly in the power of the Holy Spirit at any time. Those who hate God also hate our authority. They will judge that authority and confidence as arrogance, but it is not, confidence is far different from arrogance.

Arrogance comes from a spirit of fear. Born-again believers do not fear we are confident. The reason we don't rage at every little challenge is that we are not afraid of people. Those who rage when challenged are fearful of someone else being in control. This is the reason most people today, even in the churches are offended by our confidence, they see us controlled by the Holy Spirit and it frightens them.

Notice when we speak the scriptures to many people they have no answer against God so they attack "the way we said it" which is not true, or "that we are arrogant" in saying it, they seem to miss entirely that we quoted God.

Luke 10:19

"Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you."

James 4:7

"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

Matthew 18:18-20

"Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”

1 John 4:4

"Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world."

Never allow rebellious people to intimidate you into silence by their manipulation and rage. When the Holy Spirit is speaking through us we have nothing to fear and no need to feel any sense of shame for our calm and deliberate delivery of truth.