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… he gives a list of questions to drive home a point that he made in chapter 5, which I won't bother to expound on. But he says, what shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not. How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Stop right there. In verse 3, being baptized into Jesus Christ, baptized into his death, is not speaking of water baptism. This is a dry verse, not a wet verse. This verse is totally dry. The wet part comes to indicate the dry part. and the dry part, the reality, the spiritual reality that Paul is pointing to is that when Jesus went to the cross and he died, it was as if you were dying there with him. Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into, immersed into, dipped into Jesus Christ, were baptized, immersed into, dunked into his death? …
… Grace don't last always. Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid. for if we are buried in the likeness of his death we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection and you having quickened who were dead in the trespasses of sin he gave you new life he gave you something that the drug dealer can't give you that your chick on the side can't give you He gave you something that nobody else can give you. And I want you to come. It's a grace space. This is the space that proves that you can't go to heaven and, I mean, go and stand before God and say, I never got a chance. This is your opportunity. There is nothing in your life, on your life, or in your past that God cannot forgive. there is nothing on your mind, no matter how hideous or dark it might be, that the word can't penetrate and change your life. There is nothing, there is nothing that's hindering you. …
… Now, he says, I've reached my limit. Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid. There is a limit. And here's the scary part about the limit. You don't know where it is. You don't know how far is too far. You got by with this and you got by with that and you got by with the other, but I'm not sure I'm going to get by with this because he doesn't mark the spot where grace ends. Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? He doesn't tell you where the limit is. He doesn't tell you when he's coming back. He doesn't tell you when judgment is going to be required upon you so that there will be a certain reverence that you have all along the way and a temperance that you have along the way because you don't want to push him too far. Have you not even read this scripture? The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. …
… You say, Levi, that's strong language. Well, let's get stronger. Romans chapter 6. What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not. Theologians say the forcefulness of certainly not to come through in our culture would have to be rendered hell no. Would we stand at the foot of the cross and say, hey, I know you're struggling to breathe, paying for my sins, but before you end this, can we just throw a few more things up there? is that the heart, the broken heart of a child of God who knows that the Son of God went through that, that the Father went through that, the Spirit went through that to save you? And you're like, the thing that killed my Savior, I want to cling to and say it's precious to me? Jenny wakes up in the night, I'm texting some girl I used to date. You see what I'm saying? This is infidelity. It's gross treachery. And if this is what you're persisting in and delighting in, there should be no assurance that you're walking with Jesus. …
… Now, we would like to eliminate the number of times in your life that God has to use stupid. We don't want to give God raw materials to work with unnecessarily. Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound. God forbid, but yet I know that this storm we read about in Acts chapter 28… Now, there's nothing about the storm in Acts chapter 28, so I know you might be confused. Acts chapter 28, verse 1. Put that on the screen again, please. I love this part. It says, Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta. If you didn't have context for the Bible, you might think Paul was going on vacation. some much-needed R&R after being stoned in Lystra, like trying to get away from the crazy church at Corinth and turn off his phone for a few days. But in Acts chapter 27, in fact, he has just spent the last two weeks being blown by a hurricane-force wind, which is bad enough. …