The gospel is so magnificent, that its grace in Jesus could never be preached often enough, or fully enough. We are all guilty of not preaching enough grace…The forensic part (and heart) of the gospel thrills us with the truth that the original moral law had to be kept (by Someone), in order for any of us to be able to be truly, properly, and lawfully declared righteous and justified.  Jesus Christ did this.

Dedicated to all those who love Christ through God’s grace

In this brief treatise I would like to anticipate two possible objections to my last post, entitled, “What Is Preaching?” . . .

 The first one, is, does not Spirit-filled preaching of the gospel of Christ lead to antinomianism, or the idea that Christians saved by grace in the Person and love of Jesus may “go crazy” in unbridled sin, fearing no wrath or repercussions of it?

 The second is, is it not dangerous to preach so much (too much) grace?  Does this not denigrate from the Scripture’s frequent allusions to the law and the necessity of obedience?

 . . . As for the charge of antinomianism, Paul had to field this sophistical insinuation himself, in Rom. 6:1 ff.  Therefore, we are certainly in good company.  The gospel, when regeneratively-received, does not lead to reckless and sinful living–in fact, it results in the exact opposite behavior.

 . . . The related subject; and the one I hope to camp on a bit now, is the issue of grace.  Is it actually possible to preach too much grace?  Is it necessary, that we “balance” grace with the law?  Does too much grace lead to “cheap grace”?  These are the questions I wish to address. . . .

 Can too much grace in Jesus actually be preached, by God’s truly-appointed ministers of the church?  I would argue, no.  The reason is because both the guilt of our sin, and the grace and mercy of God in Christ are infinite.  We could never overestimate our sinfulness; and we could never put a limited price on God’s grace.

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