Romans 5:19-21 …19
For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so
through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous. 20 The
Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased,
grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, even so
grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ
our Lord.
Romans 6: 1- 7 1 What
shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2
By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any
longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ
Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him
through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the
dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his,
we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6
For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by
sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7
because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
We often sit and wait for someone to acknowledge some type
of misdeed that cut us to our core; in hope that they'll catch it and make
amends right away without our having to say anything. But, I am here to tell
you that we shouldn't expect the apology. The people who are doling out the
hurt are "soul sick" deeply wounded people. They are so used to
operating in "their" world that they barely acknowledge the presence
of others. They cannot acknowledge their (sin - for lack of a better word). Their
actions do not always have the stench of death about it; they've become adept
at justifying and rationalizing. As their hurt abides, their hurt abounds.
Sin can be downright appealing to these folks because they
have become so skilled at justifying and cannot see the benefits of forgiveness
and grace. They live from situation of drama to situation of chaos and shallow
friendships because they too busy abusing the grace extended to them. What they
see as friendships are often people who tolerate them and/or competitors secretly
harboring ill will.
Like vampires they are afraid of the light because they will
be exposed and will have to do REAL
work
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