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The preaching of the gospel is not to blame for licentiousness; Christ is not the minister of sin. The ministry of sin and its resultant, death, is that of Moses. The unconditional proclamation of the forgiveness of sins does not result in the opening the flood gates to the den of iniquity. It cannot because the preaching of the forgiveness of produces faith, which is your Christian righteousness. Where there is still sin, however, there is the old sinful flesh under the rule of the law.

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Botticelli,_Pala_della_Convertite(charophobia– fear of grace)

“But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!”(Galatians 2:17)

The preaching of the gospel is not to blame for licentiousness; Christ is not the minister of sin. The ministry of sin and its resultant, death, is that of Moses. The unconditional proclamation of the forgiveness of sins does not result in the opening the flood gates to the den of iniquity. It cannot because the preaching of the forgiveness of sins produces faith, which is your Christian righteousness. Where there is still sin, however, there is the old sinful flesh under the rule of the law. Luther puts it this way in his Antinomian Disputations, the fifth set of theses:

  1. To the extent Christ is risen in us, we are without law, sin, and death.
  2. To…

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