The Standard

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:  And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2:1‭-‬2 KJV

Before we celebrate the permitted, know the standard. The whole purpose of the gift of Christ is to give us a new life, a new hope and call us to a higher life, one without sin. This was the picture of the garden of Eden, where God wanted to establish a permanent, unbroken relationship with man. This is the standard.

Unfortunately, Sin is a barrier to whatever God ordains, and is the reason why the standard became compromised. We now defend ourselves by saying "It is not possible to live a life free from sin", whilst at the same time, we confess that nothing is impossible with God. Which one do we really believe? Jesus is the bridge to God; he is the one to restore the standard. No other path is prescribed for us.

He's the propitiation for not just those of us who had known Christ and maybe went out of him to sin, but also for the sins of the whole world. You actually cannot find sin in God, so when a person sins, no matter what you call him, he's got to go out of God to find and commit the sin, then go through Jesus for restoration.  It does not matter what the world calls such a person: pastor, bishop, deacon, archangel; when sin is present, God is not there.

Why not take advantage of the free gift that has been given and return to God? His arms are always open wide to receive all who return. It does not matter how bad it has been; it does not matter how deep you have sunk or how low you have fallen; if God could find and restore Paul, then nobody alive is beyond the reach of the grace of God. His time of favour is here.