If you don't know this, you risk playing with fire and fighting hard to prove tough when you should be repenting.
Check this out๐๐
Revelation 2:21-23 (NLT)
I gave her time to repent, but she did not want to turn away from her immorality. "Therefore, I will throw her on a bed of suffering,* and those who commit adultery with her will suffer greatly unless they repent and turn away from her evil deeds. I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches out the thoughts and intentions of every person. And I will give to each of you whatever you deserve. Revelation 2:21-23 (NLT)
Did you hear that?
Grace time has an expiration. Someone living in gross immorality could still jump around singing or preaching. When you don't know that God always gives grace time, you may think God endorses their lifestyle. No! They are in their grace time.
You may want to know what grace time is๐ I gave her time to repent๐. That's grace time!
God gives grace time to individuals, churches, nations, and an entire generation, but we must know that grace time is not eternity. There is a point if we fail to repent and continue in iniquity, God's judgement will be unleashed; God doesn't have to wait until death to judge people.
As I am writing, there are individuals, groups, communities, cities and nations under God's judgement. Why? God gave them time to repent, but they didn't.
Those who think living in the era of grace means judgement is Old Testament haven't read their Bible thoroughly.
Look at these Scriptures.
Hebrews 2:2-3
The message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation and act of disobedience was punished. So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak?
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Romans 1:18
But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.*
Romans 1:18
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Hebrews 10: 26-27
Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins. There is only the terrible expectation of God's judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies. Hebrews 10:26-27
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We can go on and on. God is a God of Grace but also a God of Justice. Psalm 89:14. That's why heaven doesn't have an open border policy; you must meet the requirements to get in. Those who know, know. Revelation 21:27.
Let's stop overstretching God's grace. There is a point judgment takes over from grace. Let's be warned and stop playing games.
Watch out for part 2
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