Too Much Grace?

1. If Jesus really forgave us once for all, why do so many believers still live like they’re on spiritual probation?

Andrew:
Because religion trains us to think forgiveness is fragile. But the cross says otherwise.

Hebrews 10:14 declares, “By one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.” Not temporarily. Not partially. Perfected for all time. And just a few verses later: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more” (Hebrews 10:17).

If God remembers them no more, who are we to resurrect them?

Jesus didn’t die to give you installment-plan forgiveness. He cried, “It is finished” (John 19:30). Finished means finished.

When we doubt total forgiveness, we’re not being humble. No, we’re actually questioning the sufficiency of the cross. And that’s the real scandal.

2. If you tell Christians they’re totally forgiven and free from the law, aren’t you basically handing out a license to sin?

Andrew:
Paul was asked the same thing: “Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?”

His answer? “May it never be!” (Romans 6:1–2). Why? Because we died to sin. With new desires implanted within us, now we can afford to be under grace. Plus, God’s grace doesn’t empower sin—it kills it.

“Sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace” (Romans 6:14). Notice the logic: Law fuels sin. Grace breaks its power.

Titus 2:11–12 says grace “teaches us to say no to ungodliness.”

Law shouts commands. Grace changes attitudes.

The person afraid of grace doesn’t understand grace. God isn’t nervous about freeing you. He already gave you a new heart that “became obedient from the heart” (Romans 6:17).

So, God’s grace isn’t dangerous. Law is.

3. If someone could see your spiritual DNA, post-salvation, what would they actually find?

Andrew:

They wouldn’t find a forgiven sinner trying harder.

They’d find a new creation.
“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away” (2 Cor. 5:17).

Not improved. Not patched up. Passed away.

Dead. Buried. Gone.

Your old self was crucified (Romans 6:6). You’re now a “slave of righteousness” (Romans 6:18). And Peter says you’re a “partaker of the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4).

That’s not poetic fluff. That’s spiritual biology.

You’re not two people fighting a civil war inside. You’re one new person learning who you already are.

Religion says, “Act better.”
The Gospel says, “You are better, born of God” (1 John 5:1).

Identity isn’t your “Do It Yourself” project. It’s His “It is Finished” accomplishment.

4. Is the Christian life about climbing toward God or waking up to the fact that you’re already one spirit with Him?

Andrew:

Climbing implies distance. The cross eliminated that distance.

Jesus prayed that we would be one with the Father just as He is (John 17:22–23). That prayer was answered with a resounding “yes!” through the gospel.

And Paul says, “The one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him” (1 Corinthians 6:17). One spirit. Not working toward it. Not maintaining it. One spirit.

You’ve been “brought near by the blood of Christ” (Ephesians 2:13). Not inching closer. Brought near.

If Christ lives in you (Colossians 1:27), how much closer can you get?

The lie says, “Try harder to experience more of God.”
The truth says, “You are complete in Him” (Colossians 2:10).

You don’t need a ladder. You need revelation.

At The Grace Message, that’s what we’re doing every single day—shining a bright light to reveal the truth about God’s empowering grace.

And once you see it, you can’t unsee it!