What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
By listening to OSAS, I am finding that they are not guilty of this Scripture.
'Shall we' is willfully sinning: planned, intended, going to do it knowingly.
And so this Scripture is for them that think one of three things:
1. Christian sinners that believe they now sin by grace, with grace, graciously, so that they do all things with grace, whether righteousness or unrighteousness.
Grace abounds to cover both: when they will do right and when they will do sin.
2. Christian sinners that believe grace abounds more, when the sin waxes worse: they will sin, and even when it is worse and worse, Grace grows aboundingly to cover it.
3. Christian sinners who willfully sin, looking forward to the blessedness of being forgiven with a new start in life by grace: I am going to sin, so that I can once again experience what it is to have a new clean beginning in life, as when I was first born again by grace.
OSAS does not preach willfully sinning, but sinning by nature unto the end: not if, but when: they resist sin at times and submit to sin at times, but not planned with intent.
Abounding grace for OSAS is that grace has already abounded forever toward Christian sinners: forgiveness of all sins is already secured at the cross, past, present, and future.
And so, they do not preach willfully sinning, nor do they believe in grace abounding more, because grace has already abounded high above all things, with proactive forgiveness in her wings for all Christian sinners when they do sin, whether preplanned or not.
The common thing between them all of course, is that they are Christians sinners taking grace for granted, and mockingly presuming the forgiveness of God purchased by the blood of His dear Son.
Christian saints are not the same, neither in spirit nor in practice.
A Christian saint would never even ask "Shall we sin?" No, of course not.
By listening to OSAS, I am finding that they are not guilty of this Scripture.
'Shall we' is willfully sinning: planned, intended, going to do it knowingly.
And so this Scripture is for them that think one of three things:
1. Christian sinners that believe they now sin by grace, with grace, graciously, so that they do all things with grace, whether righteousness or unrighteousness.
Grace abounds to cover both: when they will do right and when they will do sin.
2. Christian sinners that believe grace abounds more, when the sin waxes worse: they will sin, and even when it is worse and worse, Grace grows aboundingly to cover it.
3. Christian sinners who willfully sin, looking forward to the blessedness of being forgiven with a new start in life by grace: I am going to sin, so that I can once again experience what it is to have a new clean beginning in life, as when I was first born again by grace.
OSAS does not preach willfully sinning, but sinning by nature unto the end: not if, but when: they resist sin at times and submit to sin at times, but not planned with intent.
Abounding grace for OSAS is that grace has already abounded forever toward Christian sinners: forgiveness of all sins is already secured at the cross, past, present, and future.
And so, they do not preach willfully sinning, nor do they believe in grace abounding more, because grace has already abounded high above all things, with proactive forgiveness in her wings for all Christian sinners when they do sin, whether preplanned or not.
The common thing between them all of course, is that they are Christians sinners taking grace for granted, and mockingly presuming the forgiveness of God purchased by the blood of His dear Son.
Christian saints are not the same, neither in spirit nor in practice.
A Christian saint would never even ask "Shall we sin?" No, of course not.
