Sir, no one is preaching a doctrine of salvation by works or being under the law. Please get this out of your mind.
A believer will know when they err but if it's committed due to ignorance, the Holy Spirit will to guide them and reveal to them their faults through the word of God, other people, personal conviction, etc. In addition, when a true believer sins there conscience will not be at peace until they cry unto God for forgiveness.
King David knew that if he covers his sins, he will not be forgiven that is why he asked God to search his heart. Psalm 139:23-24- Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Ask God to transform you and remove that heart that is so prone to falling into temptation to sin, ask Him to remove the heart that does not want to yield to the Spirit of God. (Ezekiel 36:26-A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh) God will give you a sanctified heart that wants to do His will continually.
It all boils down to being spiritually matured, sanctified, and walking in newness of life, rather than being stuck in the cycle of sinning and repenting.
Now about grace.
Grace is not the license to sin as some have turned it into.
Several passages in the bible hint to these: "No one can serve two masters,...remission of sins that are past, be ye holy for I am holy", yet people keep denying this and preaching that it is possible to live in sin and still be saved. People keep saying that sins committed after initial conversion are already forgiven. The scripture says that if one does not confess those sins committed after initial conversion, they will not be forgiven and thus are in danger of hell.
Should we say "because I got converted today I can commit sin tomorrow (no matter how heinous it is, mass murder tomorrow= forgiven, adultery tomorrow= forgiven) and still be forgiven of it, washed by the blood of Christ, cleanse and worthy to inherit His kingdom". Should we say "Jesus said it is finished on the cross so no matter what kind of life I live after initial conversion I am saved" or "the grace of God covers me while I'm in sin"? Is this how we should belittle God's saving grace? This is just mocking God's grace. You, sir, may not have this notion of grace but I guarantee you some people do think of it this way because of OSAS doctrine.
These doctrines of OSAS, forgiveness of future sins, etc, are putting people in the bondage of sin and pulling people to hell; Jesus Christ and the Apostles did not teach these doctrines. As long as you continue following Jesus by His grace you have eternal life but if you decide to go back to your former lusts which you once confessed and repented of, unfortunately you are back in Satan's captivity.
Powerful, powerful Truth, starryfields !!!!
Yes. Where sin aBOUNDS, grace ABOUNDS more. «Paul says. But it's not an infinite amount IF you really read into the words, it just speaks of great is God's grace.
God's forviveness of our sins ONCE we drop them at His feet is thorough, complete, infinite. That sin is dropped from God's mind, disappeared, glub-glub, to the 'bottom of the sea,' sailing to sayanara, 'far as east is from the west.'
But then you go and mess up again, and, let's not be coy, Christ peeps and Christ peepettes, a believer knows when they their flesh gets the best of them, because God puts that 'flesh' on corrective control, understanding put on their heart in a Loving way, NOT convicting in a 'guilt' sense, but, nevertheless, showing us our where we chose sin over Him. God corrects our errror, our sin, with Himself who is Christ living in us, with discipline and Love mixed in with a dash of grace or mercy or BOTH administered . And, get this, YOU are so covered that yet you sin it is being covered as soon as you are in agreement with God to cleanse self 1 John 1:9.
Okee, I've run a bit off topic but I was speaking to my buddy, dothack, yesterday on c.c. in singles forum and he mentioned Romans 7:7-8 , and, Starry just said 'newness of life,' which is close to the verse I put on, thank you, Jesus, so I will list it again.
7:6 - ” but now we have been released from the la I think I do that which we were down so that we certainly miss of the spirit and not in oldness of the letter. ”
We serve Christ from being born again of Christ, right, the Law is still there, we ARE to obey man's laws, too, don't get this wrong, BUT, Christ born in us means all things old pass away we become with a newness of life through Christ born into us and being Holy Spirit filled.
And, I leave you all with more 'newness,' from.Romans 6:4 , and, hopefully, someone reading this with thoughts of suicide can see how easy it is to accept Christ and be filled with ever-Loving by Him for the rest of their many great years just learning daily of Him, knowing His mercies are new every morning
6:4 - therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we, too, might walk in newness of life.”
By becoming baptized into His death, we become crucified with Christ, FREE OF SIN, we are, as weird as this might seem, born of God, born of a new being that does not walk in sin no more, does not live in sin no more. Our faith saved us from the bondage of sin and death, there's more to the story after Christ dies on the cross, and, rises again, OH, so much more, the bible does not just stop after Matthew, Mark, Luke, John!! Our obedience to read His Word and to understand His given Spirit to help us after Jesus'death/resurrection/ascension sets us FREE