My sins may grieve me, and indeed they do, but since Christ is all, since my salvation is based entirely on what He has done, what I have done is of no eternal consequence. Such a statement may trouble the mind of the legalist, for he simply cannot believe that his actions do not determine his destiny.
However, the believer knows that God has "Predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ," Ephesians 1:5. The believer's destiny has been determined by God, and secured by the person and merits of Jesus Christ.
Will such preaching breed a sinful life or an antinomian spirit? Only in those who do not believe! However, in those who do believe, in whose heart resides the blessed hope of being like Christ, it is a purifying truth.
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