Does grace give Christians a license to sin?
No. Scripture teaches that being under grace rather than law does not make grace a license to sin. Even though sin is always less than God's grace, that reality gives no permission to continue sinning. John writes to believers, begging them, "sin not, don't sin," while pointing to intercession if they do sin.
Les explains that grace is not license. He emphasizes that although believers are under grace and not under law, and although sin is always less than God's grace, this does not give permission to sin. John says the same thing in 1 John 2:1, addressing believers as his little children. He writes so that they sin not, begging the believer, "sin not, don't sin," but then adds, "but if any man sin."
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Does being under grace give a believer a license to sin?
Because believers are under grace rather than law, grace is not a license; even though sin is always less than God's grace, that still does not give a license.