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Where sin abounds grace much more abounds”
What it is saying is there is more than enough grace available for you to be able to resist the sin regardless of how strong the temptation.
Grace is the divine influence of God in the hearts of men that overcomes sin.
Titus 2 12-14
12 That grace instructs us to give up ungodly living and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this world, 13 as we wait for the blessed Day we hope for, when the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ[
a] will appear.
That is why the whole argument that grace is a license to sin is diametrically opposed to the function of Grace .
It is liberty, it is apart from law and under grace.
So then who is the Author of "Godly Living"? What kind of living is "Upright"?
I have yet to meet any religious person who doesn't "believe" they are both Godly and Upright before the Christ. Yet this same Christ also warns that "believing we are upright and Godly" is not sufficient for Grace.
Matt. 7:
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,
have we not prophesied in thy name? and
in thy name have
cast out devils? and
in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me,
ye that work iniquity. ( This would mean Transgression of God's Commandments, YES?)
Matt. 6:
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.
If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness,
how great is that darkness!
What if our religious traditions transgress the Commandments of God just like the Mainstream Religion of Christ's time did? They, that is the Pharisees, certainly "THOUGHT" they lived Godly and upright before God.
How can one live "Godly" while rejecting HIS instructions regarding how to live Godly?
John 8:
33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed,
and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou,
Ye shall be made free?
34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
Just as an unbiased observer of religions of the land I see images of God created in the likeness of man, I see God's Feasts rejected and ignored while man made religious High Days are considered holy. I see egregious transgressions from religious leaders of modern religions including pedophilia, adultery, financial fraud, greed, covetousness. flagrant dishonesty, the list goes on and on. And this is from not just one "Christian religion, but from "many".
And yet people continue to give them power (money) to spread their religion to every corner of the land taking their insatiable lust for power and influence with them. All in the Name of the Christ.
I am reminded of Jeremiah's words.
Jer. 5:
25 Your iniquities have turned away these
things, and your sins have withholden good
things from you.
26 For
among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait,
as he that setteth snares; they set a trap,
they catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds,
so are their houses full of deceit: therefore
they are become great, and waxen rich.
28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea,
they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29 Shall I not visit for these
things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31 The prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests bear rule by their means;
and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Of course as did Eve and the Pharisees, and those who called the Christ, Lord, Lord in Matt. 7, they "Thought" they were living Godly and upright.
They believed they were "led" by God Almighty to live this way. But as it turns out, they were being led by the "other voice".
How do you reconcile these things.