| The above questions are asked in view of the statement that “where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.” Is such abounding grace a cause for the believer in Christ to permit sin in his life? No! Rather, “the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if One died for all, then were all dead: and that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again,” for He “gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world,” that the Christian “no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.” Our Savior “gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works,” and “ye were … redeemed … from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers … with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot.” “Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God … and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.” |
