What the Bible says about Transgressing the Law
(From Forerunner Commentary)
There is an individual responsibility. God never condones sin nor grants license for anyone to disobey His commands. This is not speaking about our transgressions done out of weakness or ignorance. These are transgressions that are done as a way of life with knowledge that one is doing wrong. However, God always allows the sinner to repent. He will always chase after the sinner with His Word, giving him the opportunity to turn around. We see that in the lives of the kings Joash, Amaziah, and Uzziah. God always leaves the door open for a sinner who desires to repent. If he does not repent, his mind eventually becomes set, seared, and over time, repentance becomes impossible.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Why Three Kings Are Missing From Matthew 1Related Topics: Amaziah | Conscience , Seared | Inability to Repent | Individual Responsibility | Joash | Repentance | Seared Conscience | Sin, Willful | Transgressing the Law | Uzziah | Willfully Sin
To paraphrase, Paul says, "If I repent and am mercifully forgiven by God through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, thus killing or destroying the old man who did all of those sins, and then I go back to that way of life again, I am the one that is at fault—not Christ. I make myself a transgressor. It is not Christ or His way of life that makes me this way or promotes sin in me. Not at all!"
John W. Ritenbaugh
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