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I Can Do What I Want


Recently I heard a Christian friend say, 

ā€œI don’t worry about sinning, because when I sin, 

I can ask God for forgiveness, and it will be alright.ā€   

This is another one of those statements that make me cringe when I hear it.  

Really?  

It sounds like you are saying I can do whatever I want because God will forgive me.   

This, my friends, 

is not Biblical!  

It cannot be found in either the Old or New Testament.  

In the old testament, the children of Israel were sent into slavery for their sins.  

David confessed his sin with Bathsheba, 

yet he was punished.  

ā€œBut that is the Old Testament and we’re not bound by that,ā€ you say.  

However, even in the New Testament, this teaching is not there.  

Jesus never taught this either.   

To the woman caught in adultery, he said, ā€œGo, and sin no more.ā€  

He told the lame man, ā€œSee you are well, stop sinning….ā€  

Paul also encouraged his readers in 1 Corinthians 15:34 to stop sinning.   

Does God forgive our sins?  

Absolutely!  

Should we be ā€œokā€ with sin?  

No, never!  

We cannot and must not use Christ’s forgiveness as a license to sin.  

For If God did not fail to punish his chosen people for their sin, 

will he do less to those who have been adopted into his family? 

A responsible parent will never just let their child do whatever they want.  

They know it is dangerous. 

Likewise, a loving God will not tolerate intentional disobedience.  

Yes, he will forgive, but we may still suffer the consequences of those choices.


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