Does God's forgiveness and justification mean we can live as we please?
No. Grace is not license. Although God has declared us forgiven, justified, redeemed, and reconciled, that does not mean we may live as we please. Instead, such love creates a debt and desire to please Him, so we should not live unto ourselves but unto Him who died and rose again.
Les teaches that grace is not license. The fact that God has declared us forgiven, justified, redeemed, and reconciled does not mean we can now live as we please. Instead, it brings a love requirement and a debt for such love, so we should want to do everything we can to please Him. Verse 15 says those who live should not henceforth live to themselves, but unto Him who died for them and rose again. Paul then says we no longer know Christ after the flesh, because our doctrine rests on His death, burial, and resurrection, not His earthly ministry.
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Does being forgiven by God give us a license to live as we please?
Grace is not license: God's declaration that believers are forgiven, justified, redeemed, and reconciled does not mean they may now live as they please.