Wow! Talk about a license to sin! Come see!
Well , if this didn’t grab your attention,nothing will.
Paul said “ all things are lawful,but not all things are expedient” What do you suppose he meant by this?
Paul may be wrong.
... Paul was a Jewish Christian who knew Moses Law like the back of his hand. Most new Gentile Christians were not well-versed in the Law, hence the dispensation from the Law granted to them at ACTS.15:24-29, ie they were required by God/Jesus to begin their born-again lives of the Spirit by keeping 4 easy or non-burdensome laws of Moses. IOW, they were given time to grow in the non-burdensome parts of Moses Law.
... Some Lutheran Christians falsely believe that they will still be saved from hell even if they knowingly and willingly commit sins/evil-deeds as if they have the license to sin.
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MATTHEW.19: says, "
Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler
16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher,
what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”
17 So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one
is good but One,
that is, God.
But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
18 He said to Him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ 19 ‘Honor your father and
your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
20 The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?”
21 Jesus said to him, “
If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and
come, follow Me.”
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions."
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1JOHN.2 & 3 says, "
The Test of Knowing Him
3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
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The Children of God
28 And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.
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Sin and the Child of God
3:4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. 5 And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. 6 Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.
7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. 8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
The Imperative of Love
10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor
is he who does not love his brother. 11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, 12 not as Cain
who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.
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The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error
24 Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us."