Do you know what scares some Christians away from pure grace? correct, they see it as a life lived in any form and fashion imaginable. Anyone that lives a lifestyle that seperates them from their father has placed themselves in a worse bondage than they had as a sinner. As a sinner at least it came naturally with no real knowledge of there even being a God, and now against everything they have become as a Christian leaves them in a deep bondage of self pleasure. So those that live in fear of becoming seperated by their actions should not look at what others do, but what the scriptures have to say about grace.
I have met what we could call law keeping Christians. They feel it is the law that helps them stay in relationship with the father just like it did Israel. What our law friends don't understand is that keeping the law allows them to live on the edge of the same lifestyle our friends that choose to seperate themselves (in mind only, not spirit) from the father. What does that mean exactly? it means they can sin and follow the law back into relationship with God. That is in mind as well, in mind means it is their thinking, their mind set in accordance to their relationship to God. A God to people relationship, not a true relationship of sonship, Hebrews 1:5,
5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
This is a father to son, son to father relationship the father wants. The God to people relationship is over, Hebrews 1:1-2,
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
You cannot just decide to live pure grace, pure grace will be a progressive understanding of your father, why is that so? because of the deep root of the law that runs through humanity. We have had some form of law on us since the day we were born, don't do that, you better be good. And rightfully so because the sin nature has to be controlled by the law. Sin nature without law control is what is called reprobate. Look at some of the lawless war torn countries, you want to know why all the atrocities, they are reprobate without any controlling law. Any law is better than no law to keep the sin nature subject to the law and have a form of peace.
The difference in Christianity is law keeping nolonger works because the nature in you is not a sin nature it is the nature of God which is in Christ. So what happens in trying now to subject yourself to a form of law keeping is to override your new Christ in you nature. Most would say "I would never do that," we do that dailey because we were taught to overide our sin nature and we still try to control our new nature by keeping a law to be something. The new nature does not need to be subjected to control, what our new nature needs is compatible with the soul-mind. The two becoming one, compatible with each other and not struggling for control.
Pure grace is; the soul-mind living by the new Christ in you nature. The nature is not a sinning nature, can you see that. Your new life-nature-spirit- is not a sinner. It will be your mind (the memories and residue of the old man) that acts out of the old knowledge to sin when sinning occurs, it will not come from your new Christ in you nature, 1 John 3:8-9,
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
I have met what we could call law keeping Christians. They feel it is the law that helps them stay in relationship with the father just like it did Israel. What our law friends don't understand is that keeping the law allows them to live on the edge of the same lifestyle our friends that choose to seperate themselves (in mind only, not spirit) from the father. What does that mean exactly? it means they can sin and follow the law back into relationship with God. That is in mind as well, in mind means it is their thinking, their mind set in accordance to their relationship to God. A God to people relationship, not a true relationship of sonship, Hebrews 1:5,
5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
This is a father to son, son to father relationship the father wants. The God to people relationship is over, Hebrews 1:1-2,
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
You cannot just decide to live pure grace, pure grace will be a progressive understanding of your father, why is that so? because of the deep root of the law that runs through humanity. We have had some form of law on us since the day we were born, don't do that, you better be good. And rightfully so because the sin nature has to be controlled by the law. Sin nature without law control is what is called reprobate. Look at some of the lawless war torn countries, you want to know why all the atrocities, they are reprobate without any controlling law. Any law is better than no law to keep the sin nature subject to the law and have a form of peace.
The difference in Christianity is law keeping nolonger works because the nature in you is not a sin nature it is the nature of God which is in Christ. So what happens in trying now to subject yourself to a form of law keeping is to override your new Christ in you nature. Most would say "I would never do that," we do that dailey because we were taught to overide our sin nature and we still try to control our new nature by keeping a law to be something. The new nature does not need to be subjected to control, what our new nature needs is compatible with the soul-mind. The two becoming one, compatible with each other and not struggling for control.
Pure grace is; the soul-mind living by the new Christ in you nature. The nature is not a sinning nature, can you see that. Your new life-nature-spirit- is not a sinner. It will be your mind (the memories and residue of the old man) that acts out of the old knowledge to sin when sinning occurs, it will not come from your new Christ in you nature, 1 John 3:8-9,
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
