By the grace of God...

[Rick C. Hodgin]

By the grace of God I am free to break the law because I know I will be
forgiven. That is all.

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Thank you,
Rick C. Hodgin

[Rick C. Hodgin]

On Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 8:34:11 AM UTC-5, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> By the grace of God I am free to break the law because I know I will be
> forgiven. That is all.

I, the real Rick C. Hodgin, did not write this post.

Please examine the headers to see that there is someone usurping my
identity (and without my permission). I post from Eternal September
and Google Groups only.

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To answer the claim by my impersonator, reconcile these things:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+28%3A18-20&version=KJV

18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power
is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have
commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto
the end of the world. Amen.

We are under Grace and have forgiveness when we sin, but why does
Jesus ask us to obey Him?

Begins at 28:29 in the video:
"Tender" Commandments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrbqVkoJa_s&t=28m29s

And we have explicit guidance:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+6&version=KJV

1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that
grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any
longer therein?
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into
Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death:
that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the
glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in
newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of
his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him,
that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth
we should not serve sin.
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall
also live with him:
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no
more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that
he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed
unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our
Lord.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that
ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness
unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that
are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments
of righteousness unto God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not
under the law, but under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law,
but under grace? God forbid.

It's difficult, Leigh. Let's see if that high-powered mind of yours
can reconcile these things. If you are unable, ask God for help so
that your misunderstanding can be replaced with understanding, which
leads to life eternal.

--
Rick C. Hodgin

PS -- In this area, "tl;dr" is for those who are dying, for those who
actively seek death for their own soul.

[Rick C. Hodgin]

I, the real Rick C. Hodgin, did not write the above reply.

Please examine the headers to see that there is someone usurping my

identity (and without my permission). I post from Giganews only.

That reply was wrong: by the grace of God we are free to break the law
because we know we will be forgiven. That is all.

[Rick C. Hodgin]

On Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 11:50:38 AM UTC-5, Leigh Johnston wrote:
> I, the real Rick C. Hodgin, did not write the above reply.
>
> Please examine the headers to see that there is someone usurping my
> identity (and without my permission). I post from Giganews only.
>
> That reply was wrong: by the grace of God we are free to break the law
> because we know we will be forgiven. That is all.

You are valuable, Leigh. The truth is being given to you so that
you can have eternal life.

--
Rick C. Hodgin

[Chris M. Thomasson]

On 3/3/2018 5:50 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> On Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 8:34:11 AM UTC-5, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>> By the grace of God I am free to break the law because I know I will be
>> forgiven. That is all.
>
>
> I, the real Rick C. Hodgin, did not write this post.

Yeah, we know.

[Chris M. Thomasson]

What would happen if the law told you to do something that did not
square perfectly with your religious dogma? Would you happily break it?
You said you were thinking about grabbing my ears, shaking me and
screaming wake up! wake up!

Well, that is just not cool man. You would basically force to retaliate
in defense of my own physical body. Jesus!

Let me see it now... You grab me and shake me around, I retaliate, then
you blame me for assault.

What a joke. ;^o

[Rick C. Hodgin]

That "whooshing" sound you heard, that was the proper understanding
of my statement going right past you. You've squarely missed it.

--
Rick C. Hodgin