70. Grace vs. Law: Unraveling the 'All Things Are Lawful' Dilemma in Christianity - 1 Co 10:23

So here we are with another beautiful passage that will cause the gears of our mental faculties to engage. Immediately, we are confronted with a text that, taken in isolation or grouped with other selected texts, can and does lead to a doctrine we call antinomianism. A modern incarnation of this view in the vernacular says the god of the Old Testament was mad and uptight, but Jesus is happy, loving, and a much kinder god. Jesus came as a moral chill pill to free us from the strict guidelines of the Old Testament law. From that perspective, there is no law and, by extension, no sin! Even today, many people within the Christian faith give way to the thinking that says, “Grace kind of null and voids sin.” Have you ever thought to yourself, “I know this is a sin, but I’ll repent later? We must wonder where one gets the notion this is even a thing. ...