Grace Is God’s Provision for Sin

How many Christian people practice sexual misconduct, behaviour that has brought the wrath of God on many nations of history, knowing in advance they will practice it, and then the next day ask God to forgive them and believe He will wash away in the blood of Jesus the acts of lust they have decided on in advance and have practiced wilfully? They are behaving consistently with what they have been taught. They are making Christ the minister of sin.

God has made provision for the believer who is overtaken in a sin and who then repents vigorously, turns away from his sin as the filthy, destructive thing it is, makes whatever restitution is necessary, and prays for the power to resist that sin in the future. God will forgive him; but restitution may be required and there may be severe, long-term consequences following the sin. Experienced saints understand well that such is the case.

The provisions the Lord has made for sin under both covenants are for those who are overtaken in a fault.

Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. (Leviticus 5:3)

Several times, in the opening chapters of Leviticus, the sacrifice was described as being for the Israelite who sinned through ignorance. But there is no provision under the old covenant or the new covenant for wilful, presumptuous sin:

Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. (Numbers 15:29-31)

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, (Hebrews 10:26)

It is reported that one lady who was preparing to commit fornication prayed, "Dear Lord, forgive us for what we are about to do." She was acting consistently with her understanding of the grace of God. (We ought to know better than this!) She thinks she is able to have her cake and eat it too.

Why not? She believes she is saved unconditionally by grace, not by works of righteousness she has done. The blood of Christ is the covering for her sin. It is under Christ’s patronage and protection that she is sinning. The blood of Jesus is making it possible for her to sin and still reap the reward of the righteous. This is what is being taught and practiced today.

There are many passages of the New Testament that prevent the sinning believer from inheriting the Kingdom of God (Galatians 5:21, for example). But all these passages are explained away by modern theologians.

One minister of the Gospel, when questioned concerning the statements of the Book of Hebrews that warn the sinning Christian, declared that the Book of Hebrews was written to the Jews and does not apply to the Gentiles. Thus we pervert the Word of God.

Paul’s doctrine of the grace of God in Christ has been twisted by Satan and by self-seeking man. One phase of the contemporary harvest-rain revival is the restoration of the truths of the Kingdom of God to the members of the Body of Christ. When we know the truth that Christ Is, the truth sets us free—free from sin, worldliness, and self-will.

The truth that Christ Is sets us free from all unrighteousness, from moral filthiness, and from disobedience to the God of Heaven. The truth delivers us from all the authority and power of the devil. The truth sets us free to walk in eternal life before God. The truth restores to us all that was lost in Eden and then adds to us the glorious wealth God has prepared for those who love Him.

As long as the nature of the new covenant and the Kingdom of God is misunderstood, little progress will be made in repentance and godliness on the part of the Lord’s flock. God may have winked at our past ignorance but today He is commanding us to repent.

The end result of the perversion of Paul’s doctrine of grace has been the destruction of the spiritual life and testimony of the Christian churches.

The Spirit of God is ready to send a spirit of repentance on the Christians of the United States of America. It is likely there are hundreds of thousands of believers who would be more than willing to follow the Spirit in repentance if there were someone to lead them. But the erroneous doctrine of "grace" destroys the foundation on which fervent repentance is based by deceiving the believers into thinking God does not see their sinning because the righteousness of Christ is covering their behaviour. Of what is one to repent if what he or she is practicing is not sin in the sight of God?

The latter-rain revival, the pouring out of God’s Spirit on all flesh in the last days, will restore righteousness, holiness, and obedience to God to the members of the Body of Christ (Joel 2:23-29).

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