{"id":7626,"date":"2025-12-23T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritmeat.net\/?p=7626"},"modified":"2025-12-22T22:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:37:08","slug":"23-december-2025-dont-confuse-grace-with-permission-to-err-romans-61-2-ezra-92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritmeat.net\/fr\/2025\/12\/23\/23-december-2025-dont-confuse-grace-with-permission-to-err-romans-61-2-ezra-92\/","title":{"rendered":"23 December 2025: DON\u2019T CONFUSE GRACE WITH PERMISSION TO ERR &#8211; Romans 6:1\u20132; Ezra 9:2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><span class=\"tie-dropcap\">O<\/span>ne of the dangerous lies creeping into the church today is the idea that grace is a subsidy for error. Some believers think God\u2019s grace allows them to marry anyone they like, even when that choice clearly violates His word. But Paul asked pointedly, \u201cShall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid\u201d (Romans 6:1\u20132). Grace is not a cover for recklessness: it is the empowerment to live above compromise. Ezra rebuked Israel because they mingled the holy seed with strange nations, saying, \u201cThe holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands\u201d (Ezra 9:2). That same error is alive today: believers lowering God\u2019s standard in marriage and expecting grace to cover the fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beloved, marriage is not where you experiment with the mercy of God. If God gave priests strict instructions on whom to marry under the Old Testament, how much more under grace, where we carry His Spirit within us? Grace is not license; it is responsibility. Grace demands you wait on God for His choice and refuse every counterfeit that appeals to the flesh. The devil will always present \u201cgood-looking alternatives\u201d to destiny, but grace gives you strength to say no. If you truly value your calling, you cannot afford to lower the standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Marrying outside God\u2019s will may look harmless at first, but it is a seed of sorrow that grows into regret.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In practice, don\u2019t let emotions, pressure, or pity deceive you. Refuse to baptise lust as \u201ccompatibility.\u201d Don\u2019t think a good man without the Spirit, or a nice woman without consecration, is God\u2019s choice for you. Grace empowers you to stand alone until God\u2019s plan appears. It strengthens you to flee every appearance of evil and wait for heaven\u2019s release. If you are married already, grace can realign your home; yield to the Spirit and He will raise the standard again in your union. Always remember: grace is divine energy to keep God\u2019s standard, never to lower it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THOUGHT TO PONDER:<\/strong> Am I treating grace as divine strength to uphold God\u2019s standard, or as an excuse to lower it? Have I allowed emotions to baptise what God has clearly rejected?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote quote-simple is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>PRI\u00c8RE:<\/strong> <strong>Lord, let Your grace strengthen me to uphold Your standard in marriage. Deliver me from every deception that lowers the bar of destiny.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"tie-padding  has-padding-left has-padding-right\" style=\"padding-left:5%; padding-right:5%; padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0;\">\n\n\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>LA BIBLE EN UN AN :<\/strong><br>Zechariah 4:1-5:11, Revelation 14:1-20, Psalm 142:1-7, Proverbs 30:21-23<br><br><br><strong>SPIRIT MEAT SUR ANDROID ET iOS<br><\/strong><br>Spirit Meat on Android: https:\/\/bit.ly\/SpiritMeatAndroid<br>Spirit Meat on iOS: https:\/\/bit.ly\/SpiritMeatIOS<br>YouVersion: http:\/\/bible.us\/r\/GbY<br><br>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br><br>J\u00e9sus est Seigneur !<br><br>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br>www.dreamcentreoftheloic.org<br>www.soundcloud.com\/reverendareogun<br>www.dciradio.org<br>https:\/\/bit.ly\/SpiritMeatDailyDevotionalWhatsApp<br>YouTube Channel- Sola Areogun Ministries<br>+2348037252124<br>#SpiritMeat<br>#ReverendAreogun<br>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br><br><em><strong>Copyright \u00a9\ufe0f 2025<\/strong><br>The public is hereby informed that exclusive copyright<\/em><br><em>subsiste dans cette \u0153uvre et donc toute tentative de reproduction,<\/em><br><em>copier, distribuer au public \u00e0 des fins commerciales, publier tout<\/em><br><em>traduction de l&#039;\u0153uvre, r\u00e9aliser un film relatif \u00e0 l&#039;\u0153uvre,<\/em><br><em>faire une adaptation de l&#039;\u0153uvre, soit dans son int\u00e9gralit\u00e9, soit en grande partie<\/em><br><em>une partie de l&#039;\u0153uvre, soit dans sa forme originale, soit sous toute autre forme<\/em><br><em>d\u00e9riv\u00e9 de mani\u00e8re reconnaissable de l&#039;original constitue une atteinte \u00e0 la<\/em><br><em>droit de l&#039;auteur et sujet \u00e0 litige sauf et sauf<\/em><br><em>l&#039;auteur a officiellement et clairement autoris\u00e9 ladite personne<\/em><br><em>ou les personnes ou l&#039;auteur sont clairement mentionn\u00e9s dans l&#039;\u0153uvre.<\/em><\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ne of the dangerous lies creeping into the church today is the idea that grace is a subsidy for error. 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