6454	Forums / Theology Forum / Re: Grace Avoidance	on: April 22, 2008, 08:16:36 PM
I agree that we have freedom to sin ,so that we are always sinning in a grace disposition. But then we also have Gods withholding grace as well. Or the grace given to us before we fall to the temptation. So in a sense we are not without the means from someone else to cause us to choose the good. Thats the neat thing about freedom. We know that if God wanted us to be free of sin, then He could cause us to choose good continually. But when we choose evil, its because we are still sinners. (Repetitive confession of grace) And then that is free as well, because we know that we are going to sin, its no surprise. So here is the freedom, God knows we are going to sin every time we sin, even when we dont know we are going to sin. (Repetitive assurance of grace) And He knows how to keep us from those willful sins. (Repetitive grace) Which is a freedom as well. So since we know that we sin because we are sinners, and we know that we can avoid sin by Him gracing us with more willingness , then we can relax. (Repetitive freedom) But its when we deal with guilt, that we start wanting to think in terms of our wanting to avoid sin by how much we can resist it. (Repetitive blame and accusations )Which is the opposite of freedom, it is the paradigm of the law. And the law cause us to feel inhibited. And since we cannot obey out of that kind of education of our will, we know that it will only lead us into more sin. See its not that the law that causes us to sin, the law has its place. But its what the laws blame does to our freedom to do good that is the reason we want to sin more. So that in being confronted with each of these views in a religious sense, we must discern the spirit in which we are allowing to have on our disposition.( legalism vs freedom )If we think in terms of indicative,(Repetitive  self preaching) then we will learn the ways of grace. But if we develop an imperative disposition of the will, then we are going to want to sin more.