and in those who are lost, no grace is sufficient. It would have been, if they believed, but they are already condemned, or later, for their unbelief, no matter what Jesus did for others to save others as written.
The lost are lost, the wicked are more wicked daily,
the saved are saved today, the righteous are more righteous daily....
Thank you for clarifying now.
For a while, it seemed you were trying to teach the false gospel (that this thread is about/ exposing it) . Sorry for misunderstanding your position, glad to hear the good news now !
The Letter Kills but the Spirit Gives Life
I believe the best way to explain why those who reject Christ are still under God’s wrath is by explaining the two covenants. The letter (old) and the Spirit (new). Only those who are born of the Spirit are IN CHRIST and freed from the law (letter).
Romans 2:29
but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in THE SPIRIT, not in THE LETTER; whose praise is not from men but from God.
Romans 7:6
But now we have been delivered from the LAW, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of THE SPIRIT and not in the oldness of the LETTER.
2 Corinthians 3:6
who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the LETTER but of the SPIRIT; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
In these verses we clearly see that the two covenants are of the Law and the Spirit. So which one of these covenants is by grace?
Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are NOT UNDER LAW but UNDER GRACE.
Matthew 26:28
For this is MY BLOOD of the NEW COVENANT, which is shed for many for the REMISSION OF SINS.
Ephesians 1:7
IN WHOM we have redemption THROUGH HIS BLOOD, the forgiveness of sins, according to the RICHES OF HIS GRACE;
Now let's take a look at why those who reject Christ are under god’s wrath and not under grace….
John 3:36
He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the WRATH OF GOD abides on him.”
Romans 4:15
because THE LAW brings about WRATH; for where there is NO LAW there is NO TRANSGRESSION.
Romans 5:13
For until the law sin was in the world: but SIN IS NOT IMPUTED when there is NO LAW.
There is only one way to die to the old (law) and be born of the Spirit (new) and that is by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. To die to the law is to die to sin, and those who are free from the law are no longer under God’s wrath.
Romans 7:1-2
Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? 2 For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the HUSBAND DIES, she is RELEASED FROM THE LAW of her husband.
Romans 7:4
Therefore, my brethren, you also have become DEAD TO THE LAW through the BODY OF CHRIST, that you may be MARRIED TO ANOTHER—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God
Romans 10:4
For CHRIST IS THE END OF THE LAW for righteousness to EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES.
Romans 6:5-11
For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old man was CRUCIFIED WITH HIM, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For HE WHO HAS DIED has been FREED FROM SIN. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be DEAD INDEED TO SIN, but ALIVE TO GOD IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
Colossians 1:21-22
And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled 22 IN THE BODY OF HIS FLESH THROUGH DEATH, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight—
Summary:
A person is either under the law (letter) or under grace. There is no in-between. When a person believes in the Lord Jesus Christ they die to the law through the body of Christ and are married to another. They must first die to the old to be born of the Spirit. The Spirit is of the New Covenant and the letter is of the Old. The law (letter) brings wrath because NO ONE can fulfill its righteous requirements. But we have a blessed hope in all this hopelessness. We have the Lamb of God who is the end of the law for righteousness for everyone who believes. He was the only one who could fulfill these requirements, and those requirements were met when this righteous lamb of God was crucified on a lonely hill called Calvary. So those who reject Christ are under God’s wrath because they are still under the law, therefore still under the condemnation of sin. Their sins are still counted against them because they have rejected the end of the law.. Who is CHRIST JESUS… the PAYMENT for ALL SINS!!
He is the RESURRECTION and the LIFE because HE IS THE PAYMENT FOR OUR SINS... THE SACRIFICE! Remember ONLY IN CHRIST do we have redemption through His blood the forgiveness of sins. And if anyone is IN CHRIST, OLD THINGS have PASSED AWAY, ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW!! They have to be IN CHRIST to be REDEEMED. There is no “sin free zone” outside of Christ because HE IS THE ATONING SACRIFICE... HE IS THE PROPITIATION… HE IS REDEMPTION… HE IS OUR SANCTIFICATION… HE IS OUR RECONCILIATION… HE IS OUR JUSTIFICATION… HE IS OUR FORGIVENESS… HE IS OUR REDEEMER!! HE IS THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE!! Therefore HE IS OUR ALL IN ALL!!
Grace and Peace….
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