“The tree advertised life and fruit, but it had none. The temple advertised
life and fruit to a dead and hopeless world, but it had none either. And
I’ve done the same.  You and I have done the same. In fact, the mainstay,
the call sign, the common thread linking all lukewarm Christianity that I
have ever seen (or perpetrated), practices this same crooked
theology; saying I know what I’m doing is wrong but… I’m basically a good
person. or…I know it’s a sin, but let me have this one vice. or: I know
it’s wrong, but God will give me a pass, God’ll just forgive me later.  We
conveniently misunderstand the word grace to mean God will let it slide.
And like Joab we hold onto the horns of the altar and falsely trust that
because we say you can’t get me here, we think we are safe. It’s a lie as
old as the devil in the garden. But grace isn’t a den for foxes. It’s not a
refuge if it’s used as a shield against God. It’s not a sanctuary to hide
our sins in. No, It’s a full force burning away of our sinful selves. The
grace of Christ Jesus, bought at the cross, is the source and wellspring of
our salvation and sanctification. Grace is getting what we don’t deserve -
trading sin and death for new life and holiness.”

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