Abuse Of Grace.

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For some, 'God understands' while others say 'God is just being merciful'! The question before us today is, "Has God changed from hating evil?" Those who do not understand God will say, "Verily thou art a God that hideth thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour" (Isa 45:15). Hear God's reply, "I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth ...I the lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right" (Isa 45:19). Because God is always the same (Hebrews 13:8), it means that our God is righteous and forever declares right things.

Deuteronomy 22:19 tells us that God forbade divorce and  Sex- Before- Marriage (Fornication). We see clearly, how much God upholds the sacredness of virginity in Deuteronomy 22:21. God said if a virgin consented to losing her virginity by not resisting or exposing the evil man, "...the men of her town (should) stone her to death" (Deuteronomy 22:24). Meaning that child, youth or adult sex, even between friends is unacceptable. Put another way, at the time, God inputted death sentence on adultery, fornication, or rape committed by man or woman, boy or girl to show how grievous they are to God, and to use them as examples for us (1Corinthians 10:11). But today these sexual sins have become normal in society. We call it 'Mistake', 'Affair', 'Making love', or simply 'sex'; just to decorate sin!

Moreover, many people believe that the God of the Old Testament is different from the God of the New Testament. Under the new covenant however, the death clause is only postponed, not removed: to give room for repentance- This is Grace for you! This dispensation of grace is not an excuse to indulge the flesh in sexual pleasures. David paid the price for immorality, for even after God forgave him (sparing him from death penalty) he still had to suffer all the punishments God pronounced (2 Sam 12:10-14).

Hear Blessed James Alberione. "Let the spirit live in you and control your inner being: the mind, the heart and the will. Serious sins send out the Holy spirit from the soul; venial sins which we commit rather often and with our open eyes, hinder the action of the Holy spirit in us and as a result we no longer walk in holiness."

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Daily Strength Devotional.

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Ms'Lin.

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