Not too long ago, I posed this question to our Lifegroup. Is speeding while driving a sin, and if so, does this recurring sin separate me from God? Even though I knew the answer was yes, I was holding out that someone had discovered a loophole.
Romans 13:1 “Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.”
So I made a commitment to stop speeding. The first couple of days I went no faster than the speed limit. Then I told myself it was okay to speed if I was passing someone, as long as I returned to the speed limit afterward. By the next week I had decided it was okay to go only five miles over the limit. Within a few weeks I was back to my old habits.
Don’t we do this with God sometimes? We make a "commitment" to stop doing something and stick to it for a couple days, and then we bargain with him? Or maybe we come up with excuse why we must continue our behavior, and then eventually we are right back where we started.
2 Kings 6:4-7
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. But as one was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas, master! For it was borrowed.”
So the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” And he showed him the place. So he cut off a stick, and threw it in there; and he made the iron float. Therefore he said, “Pick it up for yourself.” So he reached out his hand and took it.
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having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross...Colossians 2:14
3 comments:
Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the law...Provers 29:18
Break the laws of man and leave the grace of God...wise advice I received from a godly man.
Romans 5:20 says that "where sin increased, grace increased all the more." Of course we shouldn't sin SO we can receive his grace, but I don't think he ever takes grace away from us. Without his grace what would we have???
...you are right on and I am thankful for the abundance of grace...I am referring more to consequences that occur due to those actions, not specifically forgiveness, to which I think Romans is referring.
I ask myself the question, "if I do this, do I still feel God's protection over me".
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