I'm thinking about grace. When Paul wrote in Romans 6:1, "What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?", he asks a very valid question. But can you imagine, if our continued sinning could be so awful that it would overshadow the greatest sin of all, a sin that we have been forgiven of?
We murdered Jesus. I don't think there's anything that anyone can do that is worse than killing the Son of God. In fact, I know there's no greater sin. Yet, it's a sin we are all guilty of. We share the guilt for the most awful act of all times. There have been some awful acts in history, true, but as far as I can see, nothing even comes close to killing Jesus. Yet we're forgiven. God forgives us for killing his Son. Jesus forgives us for sacrificing him.
We sin every day. The more rules we set out for ourselves, the more we break them. Wouldn't it be easier to forget rules, but to live in God's grace, and to love and serve Him. Serving Him is an act of gratitude, not obedience. We live in His grace because He offers it to us. We strive to do His will, because when we die to sin we become like Him, and His will becomes ours.
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