A Misconception Of Grace

A Misconception of Grace

By

Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.

OPENING:- In this day and time of Christian Nationalism, Evangelicalism, White Supremacy, Twisted, Sugar-Coated, He Gets Us Christianity where everybody tries to use scripture to justify their cause regardless of how demonic, perverted, and unbiblical it is it is extremely important and imperative that we understand the Word of God, that we study to show ourselves approved unto God rightly dividing the word of truth according to 2 Timmothy 2:15 while holding fast our profession of faith without wavering because He is faithful that promised Hebrews 10:28. We must be steadfast unmovable and always abounding in the work of the Lord knowing that our labor is not in vain in the Lord 1 Corinthians 15:58 and we need to understand the importance of Grace and most of Accountability. I am not talking this superficial accountability like Mike Johnson proclaimed that he and his 17 year old son was supposed to of had sometime ago that reported if either of them on their phone, computer, tablet, or any electronic devices had any pornographic encounters at all and he said he was glad to announce that at the time his son didn’t have any, but failed to say anything about his own. I am talking about true spiritual accountability the willingness to answer for one’s life, understanding it is the realization we are liable, responsible, and answerable for our actions in this life to God as Romans 14:12 says, “So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God”. We can’t go on since there is grace that we can continue sinning and carrying on anyway we see fit, there has to be accountability for the action that we do both naturally and spiritually.

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE: - Hebrews 10:26 “For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins”.

The world and the worldly system operate on the misconception of grace and a twisted conception of common grace which pertains to the sovereign Grace of God being bestowed on all regardless of their belief in Him or not. For example: - Psalm 145:9 says, “The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works” or Matthew 5:45 which says, “for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust” and Luke 6:35 which says, “for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil”.

They feel that Christ has paid for all sins past present and future and therefore they don’t have to worry or answer for anything going forward, they can live and do whatever they want because it is covered and paid in full, failing to understand that Grace is not a license to sin and continue in weakness, but is the empowerment to overcome weakness and sin Titus 2:12 “Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world”. Like one song writer said, “I am free no longer bound no more chains holding me”. We have the freedom to chose not to sin, not to go contrary to the Will and Word of God.

Understand that Grace does not keep you from enduring the consequences of your actions. If you smoke 3 packs a cigarettes a day for years, it may cause you to end up with lung cancer. If you are habitually late for your job it may cause you to get fired. Those are consequences from your actions that have nothing to do with grace and grace will not protect you from the consequences of those actions.

To be covered or under Grace means that your sins are not imputed (assigned to something by inference from the value of the products or processes to which it contributes; estimated). You are not valued, and your relationship is not judged nor your righteousness rated by what you do, but because of who He is.

Grace is often summarized as the unmerited favor of God. It is getting what we don’t deserve based upon who He is. Grace is not stuff we receive but it is God Himself. Grace is a gift and not only is God the giver of the gift, but He is the gift, so GRACE is God Himself given to us.

When you understand that Grace is not stuff, Grace is not catch all basket or hat that everybody can just put on and think that whatever they do or however they act or whatever they say is ok as long as they add a scripture to it is fine like the Christian Nationalist are doing with the propaganda commercials they are putting on television trying to get people to join their racist agendas and use the scripture of Isaiah 6:8 which says, “I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me” or how speaker of the house Mike Johnson misuses scripture and destroys the concept of Grace every time he tries to quote scripture to justify aggression, advance extreme views of so-called religious political propaganda, cover up blatant sin, lies, pornography, racist theology and agendas. Grace is used as a shield to hide behind instead of a mirror to look into, however; Grace is God Himself and that changes everything. At least that is the way it is supposed to be.