Question:
What is wrong with this statement? “Christians are people who don’t!”
Answer:
The wrong with the statement that “Christians are people who don’t!” is that a believer in Christ is “not under the law, but under grace” (Romans 6:14, 15). God put the children of Israel under the principle of law, “Do this and thou shalt live,” but God has put believers today under the principle of grace. We no longer have to do God’s law, but grace “constrains” (draws) our hearts so we want to please the One who loves us (2 Corinthians 5:14, 15).
Someone asked: How can a believer be lifted up spiritually when he is having a down day, and another believer brings him even lower? This question made us ask ourselves if our verbal communication and non-verbal communication is lifting up fellow believers or not. We are either a help or a hindrance.Another person wondered: Does being under grace mean that we can do anything we want? No! Far be the thought. “God forbid. How shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” (Romans 6:1, 2). God’s wonderful grace is no excuse to sin. “I…am dead to the law, that I might live unto God” (Galatians 2:19). “Brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another” (Galatians 5:13).