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The Reformation has never ended. It is just beginning.
People say that grace gives you a license to sin.
But when have we ever needed a license to sin?
Humanity’s been doing that just fine on its own.
The fear of hell has never stopped anyone. If it had, the churches would be empty of sinners – but they’re not.
Sinning isn’t a hobby we picked up – it’s part of our condition. Scripture says that God “locks up all together in stubbornness that He may have mercy on all” (Romans 11:32). In other words, He decreed that we experience sin so that we could experience mercy.
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Do You Need a License to Sin?
What grace does is change our wants.
When you finally believe that you are fully loved, fully forgiven, and fully accepted – without condition – the fear and shame that used to drive you begin to fade.
And as they fade, so does the pull of sin.
Grace doesn’t make sin okay.
Grace makes you okay – even when you sin.
And from that place of rest, something beautiful happens: you start wanting what God wants. Not because you have to, but because love has made you free.
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