Grace abuse

Romans 6:1 - 10

It is possible to both understand and misunderstand the message of God's grace. The grace is God is such that it washes over anything that we have done or will do, to the extent that it is possible to say, as people have, "I don't need to be good and avoid sin, God will forgive me anyway."

But that is to miss the point of the new creation we become in Jesus Christ as we are dead to sin and alive in Christ. The grace of God changes the very people that we are that sin is no longer attractive to us. We have the ability to sin, and indeed being fallible humans we will sin, but we will not be caught by it, nor desire to engage in it.

It is through our partnership with the Holy Spirit that we are able to grow in holiness. By allowing him to work in us, we will put more of the sinful nature behind us and express more of the spiritual nature in us.