Why Not Just Sin Then?

This is the greatest fear and concern by many when approached with the gospel of radical grace. If this is our greatest worry about teaching big grace then we are actually still not addressing the right lie.

See, the real lie being sold to us is: sin is great and you want it. You’ll enjoy it but you can’t have it because God said no. It’s rooted in a subtle whisper that God actually doesn’t want enjoyment for us, rather He simply expects submission from us. That He cares more about getting from us than giving to us.

What if, God actually wants good for you?

What if, He does actually have the market cornered on joy and goodness?

What if, just maybe, sin’s not something that satisfies?

Satan continues to convince us of a problem we don’t have so that he can sell us a solution we don’t need. He did it in the garden and he continues it in our churches today.

He says: you want sin, to resist it, try spiritual disciplines.

He says: you need godliness, to get it, try good effort.

He says: you are distant, to fix it, try more commitment.

All of these are rooted in self-sufficiency, self-righteousness, and ultimately result in despair.

Christ says, in Me, you have everything that you need for life & godliness. You are righteous, holy, and blameless. I’m not far off because there is nothing that can separate you from My love.

Grace isn’t the catalyst for sin; it’s literally the only solution to it. Don’t trade the finished work of Christ for Satan's cheap knockoff version.

2 Peter 1:3; 2 Cor 5:21; Heb 10:10; Eph 1:4; Col 1:21-22; Rom 8:38-39; 1 Cor 10:23; James 1:17; Titus 2:11-12