legalism Archives - Colin Dye https://colindye.com/tag/legalism/ Fellow traveller on the journey of life Tue, 05 Nov 2019 17:11:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/colindye.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-favicon.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 legalism Archives - Colin Dye https://colindye.com/tag/legalism/ 32 32 168666140 Sin will not keep you from the Grace of God but the Grace of God will keep you from sin. https://colindye.com/2011/11/04/sin-will-not-keep-you-from-the-grace-of-god-but-the-grace-of-god-will-keep-you-from-sin/ https://colindye.com/2011/11/04/sin-will-not-keep-you-from-the-grace-of-god-but-the-grace-of-god-will-keep-you-from-sin/#respond Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:50:24 +0000 http://www.colindye.com/?p=534   “Sin will not keep you from the Grace of God but the Grace of God will keep you from sin.” If we can lose our salvation once we are saved, then it means that our salvation has something to do with our obedience and our faithfulness. But this is false teaching, because our salvation […]

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“Sin will not keep you from the Grace of God but the Grace of God will keep you from sin.”

If we can lose our salvation once we are saved, then it means that our salvation has something to do with our obedience and our faithfulness. But this is false teaching, because our salvation is 100% secured by the work of Jesus on the cross.
If I teach “Once saved, always saved” does this mean that we can sin as much as we like? That it doesn’t matter? Where did I say that? Some argue that Grace teaching brings people into a licence to sin. No way! Because the Bible says: “Sin shall have no dominion over you, because you are not under law, but under Grace.”

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Freedom from religion

Freedom from religion


Jesus came to set us free from the bondage of religious teaching that continues to hold us captive to sin ? always more to do, always more sins to be forgiven, always more repentance needed. We have been saved from ?the uttermost to the uttermost? ? from the state of uttermost sin and condemnation to the state of uttermost salvation. This uttermost salvation of total forgiveness is guaranteed by Jesus Christ our heavenly High Priest.
Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Hebrews 7:25
Once we are saved, our relationship with God is on a totally different footing. We now live under the blood of Jesus. Through the blood, God becomes our Father, and no longer deals with us according to the principle of the law. Through the blood, the condemnation of the law is removed forever from our lives. As a loving, heavenly Father, he draws us closer and closer to his heart, and leads us out of the works of darkness so that we can enjoy fellowship with him in the light.
In other words, we were cleansed once for all at the cross and the blood of Jesus keeps on cleansing us as we walk in the light with him. When we sin, we bring it to the light, with full assurance that the blood is cleansing us and removing any hindrance to our fellowship with God. We own our sin in his holy presence only to disown it in the light of his grace and forgiveness. We never allow guilt or sin-consciousness to have a resting place in our hearts. We maintain a clear conscience before God by walking in the light of his love. This is true repentance ? we reject our sin and embrace who we are in Christ.

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