Calvary Chapel of San Antonio

...... being a Christian makes a person a better citizen, not a defiant one. We all have the responsibility to submit to the authorities over us. There is but one caveat—we must first obey God...

To make his point that legalism and grace have nothing in common, Paul concludes with an examination of motives. One thing we all need to do is examine our hearts to make sure our motives for serving are pure. Ministry done well but done with the wrong motive is ministry that earns no rewards in heaven…

We open tonight with a really important principle. In the context of stealing, it is obvious that we sin against people. But God emphasizes that this is first and foremost a sin against God! I know we spoke about this in an earlier study, but we need to be reminded continually that sins against people are sins against God! We cut ourselves off from the fellowship that God sent His son to accomplish. And since we are so focused on people (getting justice), we too often forget that it is God who is the real victim of our lying/stealing…

Let me also talk about lying. This is an acceptable sin because (yuk) ‘everybody lies.’ It is never OK to lie and we who are believers need to be known for always telling the truth in love…

Sin always costs and we need to be aware of it.