Have you ever wondered about the logic of the following scenario?
You were in debt because of sin, but Jesus set you free so you would be in debt to Him and feel in debt and obligated forevermore. What? And we even go so far as to call that holiness.
Our mindsets, which have been so affected by guilt, shame, and condemnation, prevent most of us from truly experiencing freedom. Therefore, we continue try to reach the Lord and His blessing through a knowledge of good and evil. In other words, we strive to be good and avoid evil so God will bless us.
LISTEN: A knowledge of good and evil never brings a person to the Lord, but only reveals sin and creates a sense of separation. The Law--which is that knowledge of good and evil--does not bring someone to Jesus. It only causes sin (and sinning) to increase.
Rinse. Wash. Repeat: Insanity.
And remember: the knowledge of good and basing your life on how you're choosing and living out that good is just as poisonous as the fruit of choosing evil. Said differently, the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil contains absolutely zero percent of Christ's life.
(And by the way, it's fruit--singular, not fruits. It was never about choosing good and avoiding evil. Good and evil is one singular fruit in a system of living, and living by that system is deadly. You can't separate living in terms of good and evil, because it is a singular fruit that brings death. Don't believe me? Eve thought the fruit was good, pleasing, and profitable!!!)
Grace is an entirely different and better way. In fact, only faith in it accurately describes the Gospel.
