Dear Father,

My heart is grieved whenever I hear about Your children who continually engage in sinful acts while still publicly proclaiming Your Name. Even more troubling is that this questionable behavior affects not just them, but also the testimony of every believer who genuinely calls on Your Name. So I ponder: what could be the problem that causes a number of believers to continually entertain sin without remorse? Could it be a misunderstanding of grace--or a convenient misuse of it?

Today, I read a passage which says: “For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say ‘No’ to ungodliness and worldly passions…” If Your grace is misunderstood, then it is taught from an unbalanced perspective. It is not merely a concept that begins and ends with forgiveness and the thorough cleansing of sin, but also one that both demands and enables a transformed life.

This reveals that we are not truly partakers of Your grace if, under its cover, we continually entertain sin, because grace itself teaches us to say “No” to sin. What then is the value of grace if it leaves a man unchanged? What good is it to confess grace if our lives deny its power?

Perhaps the concept is misunderstood, or perhaps it is not. Still, I wonder, Father: why do those who call on Your Name still make peace with the very thing Your grace came to destroy?

Translations;
Slide 1: English
Slide 2: French
Slide 3: Bengali
Slide 4: Hindu
Slide 5: Urdu

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