I must admit Skinski7, what a clever association to make God's grace align with satan's lie. You can sin and surely not die (ie, license to sin). Except you forget one thing. Jesus did die. He paid the penalty for all sin.
Where does the Bible teach that Jesus "paid the penalty for all sin"?
The Bible does not teach that anywhere at all. If "Jesus paying the penalty" is something that you rely on then what is the basis for that reliance?
We even partook of that death, in our baptism. We also took part in His resurrection into newness of life, having put off the old nature and being a new creation. So while the association was clever, there was truth left untold. That being, Jesus has died and resurrected and the penalty of that death for sin has been paid in full.
Where does the Bible teach that?
The truth is that the Bible does not teach anywhere they Jesus paid any penalty in full. The Bible teaches that...
Heb 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Heb 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Heb 9:16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
Heb 9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Heb 9:18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
Heb 9:19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
Heb 9:20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
Heb 9:21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
Heb 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Heb 9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Heb 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
Heb 9:25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
Heb 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Heb 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Notice that is says not a single word about any penalty being paid in full. The text plainly states that the death of Christ fostered a redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament and that where a testament is there must be the death of the testator. Thus the blood of Jesus brought into effect the New Testament which we are then enjoined to. Why not contend for what the Bible actually states instead of the teaching you find in theological books and articles?
The Bible also says...
Tit 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
The offering of Jesus Christ was to effect a redemption (a setting free) from ALL iniquity and a purification of a peculiar people. Why not contend for that instead of "price paid in full"?
So God's truth is not like satan's lie, as death surely did happen. When we sin, it is not that we are cheating death, but rather that debt has already been paid by Jesus Christ.
So you believe you can sin because Jesus paid the debt.
Where is that taught in the Bible?
Somehow you have been deceived into a religion which teaches that this "debt being paid in full" means you can not sin and not surely die. How id that really any different to Satan's lie?
I will plainly state, your sin has no say in your eternal destination. Jesus does. Your sin is washed in His blood. He is able to save you completely. I am not saying that we can sin all we want,
Yes you are, don't play word games. You just plainly stated that your ongoing sin has nothing to do with your eternal destination. Clearly you believe you can sin all you want.
I am saying that we won't sin all we want because we have been born again and died to sin.
How can you be dead to sin and contend "when we sin"? If you still yield yourself to unrighteousness then you are still a servant of unrighteousness and in truth have NEVER died to sin.
When the Bible speaks of "dying to sin" is says...
Rom 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Rom 6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Have you ceased from the service of sin? It sure doesn't sound like it when you constantly advocate ongoing sin.
It is no longer our master, nor will it have dominion over us for we are not under law but grace. The idea is, "Awaken to righteousness and sin not." Sin doesn't have to dominate your life, let that revelation of grace sink in. Oh, and if you do sin, as is said in 1 John 2, we have an Advocate with the Father. Jesus Christ, our High Priest.
Sin is no longer your master if you abstain from serving it, yet you don't contend for that do you?
Rom 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Rom 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Rom 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
You don't contend for "obedience to the truth" in anything you write. You clearly contend for an abstract provisional salvation premised on Jesus "paying your debt in full" whereby you can engage in wickedness and still inherit eternal life. Your own words prove that is what you believe.
If I were to ask you if there is any sin or sins that have to stop BEFORE God will grant you forgiveness how would you answer?
Does a child molester have to stop molesting children BEFORE God forgives them?
Common sense and the simplicity of the truth utterly expose the deception you are attempting to promote here. The children of God are MANIFEST in that they do not yield themselves to unrightousness. That means the sin (willful) has stopped.
Romans 1:18-21