03/29/22 WHERE SIN DID ABOUND, GRACE DID MUCH MORE ABOUND

03/29/22 WHERE SIN DID ABOUND, GRACE DID MUCH MORE ABOUND

Romans 5:18-21

(18) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

(19) For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

(20) Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

(21) That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

As born again believers, we are only cleansed from sin...

While we are in Christ,

While we are walking in the light,

While we are trusting His blood,

While we are walking in the Spirit,

While we are walking in truth,

(at least, this is what the Bible indicates).

 

BTW, all of these conditions are being met concurrently and are interrelated. None of these conditions are met without the grace, the enablement of God's love, through the atoning work of Christ, and the efficacious work of the Holy Spirit.

 

God's salvific work begins in us before we are born and continues into our infancy; is applied through personal faith, repentance, confession and submission at the time of our conversion and continues throughout the life of faith.

If your testimony and your spiritual condition are not in agreement, you need to believe, confess, repent and follow Jesus, no matter what someone has told you.