The rest of the sermon....June 22

This morning I didn't feel to finish what I had prepared, so I wanted to share it here.

The text of the morning was Romans 6:14 "You are no longer under the law, but under grace." We showed how that grace frees us from the law. But Paul clearly teaches that a misunderstanding of grace will lead to more sin, not less.

There are four things that will happen to cause more sin:

1. When we don’t deal with the issue of our motivations.
If we are not clear that what we are doing is for God's glory and not ours, then wrong motivation will lead to more sin. Sin is all about our feelings anyway.

2. When we don’t deal with the issues of the mind.
When we permit ourselves to think, “I can think that, it doesn’t hurt anyone,” then wrong thinking will lead to more sin.

3. When we don’t deal with the issues of the masses.
When we permit us to excuse our sin by saying, "Everybody is doing it, everybody talks that way, everybody deals with people that way," then this will lead to more sin.

4. When we don’t deal with the issues of missed service.
When we commit the sin of omission ("a chance to do good, an opportunity to forgive, a chance to serve, to witness,) and we don't correct it next time by actually doing the thing prompted, then it will lead to more sin.

Grace does not lead to more sin, but instead gives us the power to overcome sin.