I notice the bit of controversy I stirred up with my video about screwing up one's allotment. Because we are chosen before the disruption of the world and saved by complete and total grace, we can sometimes slip into the mistaken thinking that a) we don't sin anymore, b) there's no such thing as sin, and c) justified people can't sin. Even if a justified person does still believe in sin, such a person may think that it doesn't matter whether he or she sins or not. 

I see this thinking creeping in again in the body of Christ. It's not that it's creeping in, it's just that it has been dormant and I made a video that inspired its expression.

I used to think along this line myself, so please, do not be overly alarmed. It is tempting to think that, because one is justified, then sin just doesn't matter and, really, how dare anyone talk about sin at all and, hey, not sure why the apostle Paul is talking about it, he must be stuck in the old mindset or something.

The key problem here is a mixing, in one's mind, of the absolute vs. the relative perspectives. Man, if I had a nickel for every time someone in the body of Christ said, as a way of handling a sticky situation, "Yeah, but God planned it this way." Of COURSE He planned it this way. But do you think the guy who Paul caught screwing his stepmother said to Paul, "Yeah, but God planned it this way," and got away with it? Do you really think that Paul could be tricked by an illicit hijacking of the absolute viewpoint?

Or how about this? The guy says to Paul, "Hey, man. I'm justified." Do you think the King of Justification (Paul) would bite that hook?

MANY of your comments in the video in question told me that I need to do a couple shows on this issue. And I will. I do not tackle it in THIS show because I made this show right after I made the other one and so, at the time I made today's show I was unaware of the "Yeah, but all is of God" issue and the "How dare you talk about sin with justified people" issue. I am out of town at the moment. But next week I'll make a couple helpful videos on this topic that will straighten out the whole matter. Just wanted to drop you this line to let you know I'm on it.

Grace and peace,

Martin