sin versus grace

The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more.

- Romans 5:20 (NIV)

 

A little twist today, I saw a saying on social media “be careful what you tolerate. . .  You are teaching people how to treat you.”

Whoa nellie!
When I first read this verse, it was the second half that hit me the hardest - where sin increased, grace increased all the more.

Then as I was researching the verse, I found the Message translation:  All that passing laws against sin did was produce more lawbreakers. But sin didn’t, and doesn’t, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it’s sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. All sin can do is threaten us with death, and that’s the end of it. Grace, because God is putting everything together again through the Messiah, invites us into life—a life that goes on and on and on, world without end.

Grace wins.

God's grace—giving good to us when we have earned bad—cannot be overwhelmed by our own sinfulness.

The more we sin, the more grace God gives.
Now, if we think heavy on this, we are supposed to be like Jesus, so that means that we need to give grace too.

The purpose of the law was to expose sin, making people more aware of their need for God's grace through Jesus Christ.
If we need Jesus, doesn’t everyone? 
Especially that person that continues to goad you and be the thorn in your side, that finds two wrongs for every right that you do?
If it is hard for us to show grace, should we consider the things we do, and still God shows us grace?

No matter how much someone sins, God’s grace is greater, and it is available to everyone.

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