According to Strong's Concordance Greek Dictionary; GRACE #5485 means a benefit, favor or gift. Grace simply means that Yahshua has paid the penalty for our sins on our behalf through the gift of His sacrifice. Since the penalty for our sin has been paid as a free gift, we are no longer required to pay that penalty for ourselves. There is one small requirement: WE MUST REPENT Acts 2:38, before that gift will be given. To REPENT means to CHANGE, to be sorry enough to stop sinning! Now sin is the transgression of the law 1 John 3:4. To stop sinning, we must STOP TRANSGRESSING THE LAW!
Grace or a pardon covers sins REPENTED of. It does not justify continuing in sin Romans 6:1-2 and Romans 6:15-16. Also read the entire book of James, as well as 1, 2 and 3 John. We MUST stop sinning and become like the Messiah, who had no sin.
If you are pardoned by a judge for some crime, does that then, give you the right to go out and repeat the crime at will? Of course not! Why try to use such ridiculous reasoning to try and avoid doing Yahweh's will?
Yahweh's will is; that we keep His commandments. The commandments of Yahweh are an expression of what Yahweh wants us to do. The commandments are an expression of His will. They are His instructions, concerning what He expects of us, and how He wants us to behave.
How is it, that some people dare to pray to the Father, Your will be done and then REFUSE TO DO HIS WILL THEMSELVES? To do this is to MOCK YAHWEH!
It is written that, sin is the transgression of the law 1 John 3:4. If we break Yahweh's law, if we transgress His commandments, we have sinned. Now Paul tells us that if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains NO MORE SACRIFICE FOR SINS, Heb 10:26-31. There is NO GRACE, NO FORGIVENESS, NO SACRIFICE WITHOUT REPENTANCE. REPENTANCE means to be SORRY enough to CHANGE BEHAVIOUR. When you correct your child and he is sorry and resolves not to repeat his error, do you not forgive him? If that child repeats his folly again and again and says sorry without any intention of stopping his bad behavior, he is just mouthing words and is not really sorry. In fact, he is a liar for claiming to be sorry when he is not. This kind of behavior reflects a complete lack of respect for the parent, and his judgment. WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF YAHWEH, He will not respect such behavior any more than we would. He will NOT BE MOCKED. Why; Because He loves us. He is love, His Word is love and His commandments are love. He loves all of us. His commandments reveal how to love Him and one another. They reveal how to avoid harming ourselves or one another. For the Law is Just and Holy and Good, Rom 7:12.
Yes, we are saved by grace which is the free gift that has been given by Yahshua the Messiah, who gave Himself in our place, making possible the forgiveness of Yahweh. No, we are not saved by works, since no works can make right, those things that we have done wrong. Grace is the forgiveness of those things that we have done wrong, our sins. Such grace, such forgiveness, is made possible because Yahshua paid the penalty for our sins in our place. Nevertheless we make a MOCKERY of GRACE if we continue to do those things that required such a gift of GRACE in the first place. Indeed, if we use the forgiveness of Yahweh as an excuse to remain in sin, we make a MOCKERY of the sacrifice of Yahshua, who gave His life for us, so that we could be freed from the burden of sin. Rom 6:1-2 and Rom 6:15-16.
Yahshua the Messiah was nailed to the stake; He was made sin for us 2 Cor 5:21, paying the penalty that we owed for our wickedness. The list of the commandments that we had broken, our indictment, was nailed to the stake with Him, blotting out the list of our crimes against Yahweh, our sins Col 2:14. His sinless life and death paid for every sin on that list. If we then continue to break those laws, we make a mockery of what he did for us. WE MUST STOP DOING THOSE THINGS THAT REQUIRED SUCH A TERRIBLE SACRIFICE. If we do not STOP, there is no longer a sacrifice remaining for us Heb 10:26; and we are doomed to pay the penalty that we have so richly earned.
What then was done away, by the sacrifice? Why those sins that we have REPENTED of and resolved with the help of Yahweh, not to repeat. The Old Covenant was ended by the death of one of the parties of that Covenant, Yahshua the Messiah, who was the El of the Old Covenant before He became flesh John 1. The Levitical Priesthood ended and was replaced by the Eternal Priesthood of the Melchisedek order, the whole book of Hebrews. The WILL OF YAHWEH REMAINS. YAHWEH DOES NOT CHANGE Mal 3:6, therefore His will, His desire for us, His Commandments DO NOT CHANGE!
The idea, that because a penalty has been paid for past lawbreaking, it somehow justifies continuing to break the law, is simply a rather pathetic attempt at self-justification. There is NO REMOVAL OF SIN EXCEPT BY DEATH Heb 9:22, for the wages of sin is death Rom 6:23. Either we STOP our commandment breaking, which is sin and accept the sacrifice of Yahshua to ATONE for our sins, or we must die for our own sins. The penalty MUST BE PAID and we MUST STOP doing those things that require such a penalty! Those who do not stop will be destroyed Rev 20:15, for ONLY those who keep ALL THE COMMANDMENTS AND LAWS OF YAHWEH shall be given access to ETERNAL LIFE Rev 22:14.
Grace or a pardon covers sins REPENTED of. It does not justify continuing in sin Romans 6:1-2 and Romans 6:15-16. Also read the entire book of James, as well as 1, 2 and 3 John. We MUST stop sinning and become like the Messiah, who had no sin.
If you are pardoned by a judge for some crime, does that then, give you the right to go out and repeat the crime at will? Of course not! Why try to use such ridiculous reasoning to try and avoid doing Yahweh's will?
Yahweh's will is; that we keep His commandments. The commandments of Yahweh are an expression of what Yahweh wants us to do. The commandments are an expression of His will. They are His instructions, concerning what He expects of us, and how He wants us to behave.
How is it, that some people dare to pray to the Father, Your will be done and then REFUSE TO DO HIS WILL THEMSELVES? To do this is to MOCK YAHWEH!
It is written that, sin is the transgression of the law 1 John 3:4. If we break Yahweh's law, if we transgress His commandments, we have sinned. Now Paul tells us that if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains NO MORE SACRIFICE FOR SINS, Heb 10:26-31. There is NO GRACE, NO FORGIVENESS, NO SACRIFICE WITHOUT REPENTANCE. REPENTANCE means to be SORRY enough to CHANGE BEHAVIOUR. When you correct your child and he is sorry and resolves not to repeat his error, do you not forgive him? If that child repeats his folly again and again and says sorry without any intention of stopping his bad behavior, he is just mouthing words and is not really sorry. In fact, he is a liar for claiming to be sorry when he is not. This kind of behavior reflects a complete lack of respect for the parent, and his judgment. WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF YAHWEH, He will not respect such behavior any more than we would. He will NOT BE MOCKED. Why; Because He loves us. He is love, His Word is love and His commandments are love. He loves all of us. His commandments reveal how to love Him and one another. They reveal how to avoid harming ourselves or one another. For the Law is Just and Holy and Good, Rom 7:12.
Yes, we are saved by grace which is the free gift that has been given by Yahshua the Messiah, who gave Himself in our place, making possible the forgiveness of Yahweh. No, we are not saved by works, since no works can make right, those things that we have done wrong. Grace is the forgiveness of those things that we have done wrong, our sins. Such grace, such forgiveness, is made possible because Yahshua paid the penalty for our sins in our place. Nevertheless we make a MOCKERY of GRACE if we continue to do those things that required such a gift of GRACE in the first place. Indeed, if we use the forgiveness of Yahweh as an excuse to remain in sin, we make a MOCKERY of the sacrifice of Yahshua, who gave His life for us, so that we could be freed from the burden of sin. Rom 6:1-2 and Rom 6:15-16.
Yahshua the Messiah was nailed to the stake; He was made sin for us 2 Cor 5:21, paying the penalty that we owed for our wickedness. The list of the commandments that we had broken, our indictment, was nailed to the stake with Him, blotting out the list of our crimes against Yahweh, our sins Col 2:14. His sinless life and death paid for every sin on that list. If we then continue to break those laws, we make a mockery of what he did for us. WE MUST STOP DOING THOSE THINGS THAT REQUIRED SUCH A TERRIBLE SACRIFICE. If we do not STOP, there is no longer a sacrifice remaining for us Heb 10:26; and we are doomed to pay the penalty that we have so richly earned.
What then was done away, by the sacrifice? Why those sins that we have REPENTED of and resolved with the help of Yahweh, not to repeat. The Old Covenant was ended by the death of one of the parties of that Covenant, Yahshua the Messiah, who was the El of the Old Covenant before He became flesh John 1. The Levitical Priesthood ended and was replaced by the Eternal Priesthood of the Melchisedek order, the whole book of Hebrews. The WILL OF YAHWEH REMAINS. YAHWEH DOES NOT CHANGE Mal 3:6, therefore His will, His desire for us, His Commandments DO NOT CHANGE!
The idea, that because a penalty has been paid for past lawbreaking, it somehow justifies continuing to break the law, is simply a rather pathetic attempt at self-justification. There is NO REMOVAL OF SIN EXCEPT BY DEATH Heb 9:22, for the wages of sin is death Rom 6:23. Either we STOP our commandment breaking, which is sin and accept the sacrifice of Yahshua to ATONE for our sins, or we must die for our own sins. The penalty MUST BE PAID and we MUST STOP doing those things that require such a penalty! Those who do not stop will be destroyed Rev 20:15, for ONLY those who keep ALL THE COMMANDMENTS AND LAWS OF YAHWEH shall be given access to ETERNAL LIFE Rev 22:14.
In His Service,
Pastor Paul Burnham
Pastor Paul Burnham
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