He said, “What do you think God is going to do if you just keep confessing your sins again and again?”<\/p>\n
I thought (actually muttered in a whisper), “He is going to forgive me and cleanse me.”<\/p>\n
(1 John 1:9 NKJV)\u00a0 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Duh!\u00a0 It is what God had his spokesman communicate to us in written form in his holy book the Bible.<\/p>\n
This is not original with me by any stretch, but if your view of grace does not allow room for abuse, then you do not understand grace.<\/p>\n
Of course someone may “take advantage” of this teaching.\u00a0 But are they really?\u00a0 Do we really know what is going on in his or her life?<\/p>\n
Do we know what “wash cycle” or “rinse cycle” this person is in his walk with God?<\/p>\n
Christ’s death at Calvary provided a sufficient supply of grace and forgiveness to wash the worst of sinners and to keep the process going until perfection happens.<\/p>\n
But that is in heaven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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