“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.” Rom.6:14.

     This verse has become the foundation of all evangelical thinking that gives allowance for sin against the Ten Commandments in the church. The argument is always presented that we cannot stop sinning: that we must be saved in sin and not from sin. And due to this, we are told GOD gives His mercy in allowing sin in “His Church.” This “tradition of men” must be examined as it was when the Apostle Paul shared his gospel with the Bereans, where it is written: “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:11. The Bereans looked to everything the Scriptures said concerning the doctrine of Christ. They would not entrust their souls to anyone, but only to what the Scriptures said and confirmed in every passage and not just one. To build doctrine from a misinterpretation of a verse always creates contradiction. "For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints." I Cor.14:33

     To begin: the value of life needs to be held as sacred to us all because to insure the security of others is to insure the same security for ourselves. And so, to remove the security of life for others is to remove that same security of life for ourselves. The threat of harm to innocent life is all around us; and in each case the threat is joined to the desecration of the Ten Commandment Law given by the Creator of the Universe to the human race over 3,400 years ago through the hands of the one man who could be entrusted with their care: “Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.” When these ten simple laws of life are examined it becomes obvious that if everyone kept the last six Commandments (the ones that deal with our personal safety with one another) there would be no personal harm done to any man, woman, or child. But our society actually encourages the continued violation of the Ten Commandments, all under a distorted definition of freedom, which is really no freedom at all for those victimized by its abuse.

     While the Bible declares that mankind is no longer “under the law” but “under grace,” today’s religious leaders ill-define the manner in which “the law” was done away. The Apostle Paul taught a different Gospel than the one preached today. He taught that to be “under the law” referred to the inheritance of condemnation that we all received from our Premier Father, Adam, when he sinned. Paul verified this when he said: “God sent forth his Son, made of woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law.” Gal.4:4,5. Jesus was born under the same inherited condemnation of death as every man receives. Therefore, the whole human race, through the victory of “God in Christ,” has received a New Inheritance. The inborn death sentence we all inherited (without our consent) has been removed! Mankind has been exonerated from ‘the first death’ [not to be confused with “the second death” (Rev.20:6)] This gives Christ the legal right to raise the whole human race from the grave, to stand in either one of two camps: “the righteous” or “the wicked” (I Cor.15:22). The sinless history of Jesus Christ is now the new inheritance of man (for those who never heard GOD'S message of salvation but were led of the Holy Spirit (Rom.2:13-15), and those who have heard and believe the message of the grand love of our Heavenly Father and “his only begotten Son”). This is because the Bible calls Him “the last Adam.” Through Christ all men are now “under grace.” This new inheritance is verified by the words: “Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputed not iniquity,” “that righteousness might be imputed unto them,” “especially unto them who are of the household of faith.” Ps.32:2; Rom.4:11; Gal.6:10.

     Christ’s words perfectly reinforce the foundational doctrine of His Gospel: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” Jn.5:24. This deliverance from sin’s condemnation was the original message the Apostles took to the world. This is the message that “turned the world upside down” (Acts 17:6). To believe, our Father opened the way for us to receive the very Presence of His Son, Jesus, through our simple invitation for Him to come and lead our lives, even to everlasting life, is nothing short of “the mystery of godliness” (I Tim.3:16).

     The “power of God unto salvation” (Rom.1:16) also addresses the second dilemma we face: how we still need deliverance from our sinful nature. That’s where freewill becomes paramount: to believe what has been provided through Jesus Christ, Whose union with the power of the Holy Ghost will keep us from being ‘sinning sinners,’ as we give Him permission every day. This is why Paul said, “I die daily” (I Cor.15:31). Through Christ, we can abstain from sin (Phil.4:13). But the great crippler of “unbelief” hinders this call to “walk even as he walked” (Heb.4:6; I Jn.2:6).

     It was our total incapability to live a righteous life apart from GOD that called for His Divine rescue. Man cannot, in and of his own strength obey the Sacred Law without “the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost” (Tit.3:5; Rom.8:7). So, Jesus, after ascending to Heaven, returned to the Earth as He promised (Jn.14:18), united with the Omnipresent Power of the Holy Ghost; and with waiting heart He aspires to hear the invitation of every man on Earth for Him to come and take up residence in our minds and hearts. This is the “new covenant” (Heb.12:24) where Jesus lives out in us the Law He died to uphold. GOD never asks of us anything beyond His power of provision. And through His sanctifying power, step-by-step, lesson-by-lesson, victory-by-victory the saints are restored into the fullness of His Image as it is written, “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” Phil.1:6. And to reflect the Image of His Perfect Character should be our continual prayer! For in Him alone lay the supreme wisdom, peace and joy that GOD gave to man, “In the beginning.”

     The churches have been deceived in the most fundamental issue of the Gospel; and this explains why the vast majority of professed Christians will be lost (Matt.7:13-16; 22:14; I Pet.4:18), because they are being suckered by the Devil to take someone else’s opinion on salvation (based on traditions of sin’s acceptance in the church, coupled with pride and prejudice) when their very soul’s salvation hangs in the balance.

     "Search the Scriptures," Christ commanded. Most Christians haven’t prayerfully read their Bibles or scrutinized it's lessons as did the Bereans to see if what they were told is true doctrine. And the majority that do study their Bibles have preconceived opinions as to what is being said based on the traditions of their upbringing. The church is filled with men who go to their knees with their minds already made up! As a result, most do not know the legal framework of GOD’S Salvation. Even the Apostles stood in the way of Christ by clinging to manmade doctrines that opposed the purposes of GOD. Jesus said: "O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken." Lu.24:25. So this has always been a huge stumbling block for those with spiritual hearts and minds. But the simplicity of the Gospel reveals itself over and over again: "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him." Jn.14:21. The commandments that Christ speaks of are none other than the Decalogue of Jehovah. “Remember,” Christ gave to the world the Ten Commandment Law: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was I am.” (Jn.8:58).

     There is a general blindness where people have no conception of Satan’s platform of accusations against men, "which accused them before our God day and night." Rev.12:10. GOD desires His church to cooperate with heavenly agencies: Christ’s intercession as man’s High Priest (I Tim.2:5), the drawing power of the Holy Spirit (Is.26:12), of ministering angels (Heb.1:14), and the Word of GOD (Ps.119:49). It is through the union of man’s cooperation with these heavenly agencies that Satan’s constant running mouth of accusations will be shut forever. The end of sinning sinners in the church is what GOD is waiting for! Every sin committed by Christians brings reproach on the good name of Jesus Christ (Heb.6:6). "Sin," Biblically defined "is the transgression of the law." I Jn.4:8. And yet, the ruling churches have decreed that man can be saved in their transgression of GOD’S Law. Thus, through accepting a life of sin they disqualify the companionship of the Holy Spirit (Is.59:2), whose companionship secures eternal life (Rom.8:11). This encouraging-sin principle lies at the heart of Vatican theology: the belief that GOD gave the church the authority to change His Holy Law and live a life of sin. Every author of every book in the Bible taught the opposite: "Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?" Rom.6:1,2. "For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire." II Pet.2:21,22. "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven." Matt.5:18,19. The Greek word for the least unequivocally states that the transgressors of GOD’S Holy Law are considered unworthy of receiving everlasting life. This Greek word does not refer to a lower position among the redeemed as is illustrated in Matt.11:11: "Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he." These are two distinctly different Greek words.

     “The Word” always encourages and admonishes: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth.” “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man,” “for vain is the help of man.” Jn.14:27; Ps.118:8; Ps.60:11.