Why does the Christian not have a licence to sin?
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FYI only............. 
not arguing anything
John 13:34 .) A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 .) By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Matthew 22:36 .) Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 .) Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 .) This is the first and great commandment.
39 .) And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 .) On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Commandments having to do with the heart........spiritual.........yes?
not arguing anythingJohn 13:34 .) A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 .) By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Matthew 22:36 .) Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 .) Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 .) This is the first and great commandment.
39 .) And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 .) On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Commandments having to do with the heart........spiritual.........yes?
B
FYI only............. not arguing anything
John 13:34 .) A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 .) By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Matthew 22:36 .) Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 .) Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 .) This is the first and great commandment.
39 .) And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 .) On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Commandments having to do with the heart........spiritual.........yes?
not arguing anythingJohn 13:34 .) A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 .) By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Matthew 22:36 .) Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 .) Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 .) This is the first and great commandment.
39 .) And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 .) On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Commandments having to do with the heart........spiritual.........yes?
If you insist, facts and scripture.
hat shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. Rom 7:7-11
Paul was slain by sin when the commandment camr to him. All manner of concupiscence was aroused in him by sin through the commandment. 'Thou shalt not covet.' As you know, at that time Paul believed if he could not obey the commandments he was condemned.
The same was true of the Pharisees(of whom Paul had been one prior to his conversion) They stressed the law must be upheld to attain eternal life, but were as Jesus said full of hypocrisy(they could not practise what they preached) and everything unclean on the inside.
It is just the same today sadly. I know of an elder in a church, they take the service until the minister speaks some weeks, they insist all unclean foods must be avoided, and Saturday is the day to go to church and rest from your works, but at the same time they have sex ouside of marriage with their long term partner. Then there are others who insist on the same beliefs and laugh as they irreverently take the Lords name in vain.
You asked for facts, I gave them to you. It has always been the same, for nothing has changed since Jesus walked this earth. Those who infer, or demand the literal letter is followed to inherit eternal life have the most problems with the law relating to the inner man.
hat shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. Rom 7:7-11
Paul was slain by sin when the commandment camr to him. All manner of concupiscence was aroused in him by sin through the commandment. 'Thou shalt not covet.' As you know, at that time Paul believed if he could not obey the commandments he was condemned.
The same was true of the Pharisees(of whom Paul had been one prior to his conversion) They stressed the law must be upheld to attain eternal life, but were as Jesus said full of hypocrisy(they could not practise what they preached) and everything unclean on the inside.
It is just the same today sadly. I know of an elder in a church, they take the service until the minister speaks some weeks, they insist all unclean foods must be avoided, and Saturday is the day to go to church and rest from your works, but at the same time they have sex ouside of marriage with their long term partner. Then there are others who insist on the same beliefs and laugh as they irreverently take the Lords name in vain.
You asked for facts, I gave them to you. It has always been the same, for nothing has changed since Jesus walked this earth. Those who infer, or demand the literal letter is followed to inherit eternal life have the most problems with the law relating to the inner man.
M
The Law of Moses is 613 laws I believe, Moses wrote and spoke these. They were added after the 10 Commandments God wrote and spoke. The Law of God is the 10 Commandments which is summed up in the 2 Jesus said. The Sabbath isn't restressed because it was establish since the beginning of time just as the other 9 commandments were. Jesus said pray your flight not be the Sabbath and Isaiah says in the new heaven and earth we will come to worship every Sabbath. The Sabbath is a blessing and is a part of the 4 commands on loving God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength.
Well, I suppose rather than it being a license to sin, it frees us from its dominion. "Sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but grace." In reality, we don't need a license to sin because we are all already sinners. Would you give a license to eat all you want to a glutton(at a restaurant)? No, its redundant. They already do so, and so do humans. Grace isn't a license to sin but frees us from its dominion but make a note that our sinning less or more has no effect whatsoever on our salvation. It is Jesus Christ who is our Savior, not ourselves.
Its interesting to note that only in a grace Gospel can the accusation and question be raised of whether or not we can sin all we want. A preacher who speaks bad of sin and throws the Law in people's faces to show its against God and if we sin we can lose salvation will not have the question raised, "Well, then why can't I sin all I want!?" That preacher would face palm so hard, his words just went in one ear and out the other. But, to a grace preacher and to Paul, who preached grace, such a question could be raised. Why? Why is that so? Is it because the blood of Christ cleanses us from ALL sin? Past, present and future? Not in a works-based, earn/keep your salvation gospel. It is true in the Gospel of Grace however.
Its interesting to note that only in a grace Gospel can the accusation and question be raised of whether or not we can sin all we want. A preacher who speaks bad of sin and throws the Law in people's faces to show its against God and if we sin we can lose salvation will not have the question raised, "Well, then why can't I sin all I want!?" That preacher would face palm so hard, his words just went in one ear and out the other. But, to a grace preacher and to Paul, who preached grace, such a question could be raised. Why? Why is that so? Is it because the blood of Christ cleanses us from ALL sin? Past, present and future? Not in a works-based, earn/keep your salvation gospel. It is true in the Gospel of Grace however.