tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299407302611232843.post8679776078963653595..comments2023-05-23T01:09:27.258+10:00Comments on Gordon Cheng's blog: LustGordon Chenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588151868151940982noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299407302611232843.post-37469351916401139192008-11-15T13:48:00.000+11:002008-11-15T13:48:00.000+11:00Reminds me of John Piper's excellent address to th...Reminds me of John Piper's excellent address to the Passion 07 conference entitled "How to Deal with the Guilt of Sexual Failure for the Glory of Christ and His Global Cause": http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/ConferenceMessages/ByDate/1927_How_to_Deal_with_the_Guilt_of_Sexual_Failure_for_the_Glory_of_Christ_and_His_Global_Cause/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299407302611232843.post-61391463243047832872008-11-13T17:35:00.000+11:002008-11-13T17:35:00.000+11:00Hi Gordon,Well said! We often talk to people abou...Hi Gordon,<BR/>Well said! We often talk to people about sexual sin and apply rules and law to teach people what they should do to avoid it. But our teacher is the Grace of God! Of course, grace will still teach us to say 'no'to certain behaviours and ways of thinking, but grace teaches us in a very different way from law.<BR/><BR/>I take it that the difference is in how we are motivated. God's gracious love for me, while I was still his enemy, teaches me to repent in response to this gracious love, not in response to a legal demand. the penal substitutionary death of our Lord Jesus is the centrepiece of this grace, of course. <BR/><BR/>I will always use law to justify sin, but grace will inflame me to obey the Lord Jesus. <BR/><BR/>Theologically, we often lapse into legal repentance as opposed to evangelical repentance. Repentance is a response to grace.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127772674931375607noreply@blogger.com