NOT under LAW

"Under the Old Covenant of Moses sin is defined as "falling short of the law" or breaking the law. Sin is when you don't keep the law perfectly under Moses.

Under the New Covenant of grace sin is clearly defined throughout the New Testament as unbelief in the goodness of God. Sin is not defined as falling short of the law or breaking the law.

THERE AINT NO LAW ANYMORE!

There is no ..(law) to measure your sins because you are redeemed from the curse of the law ...... in Colossians 2 Christ cancelled the written code, the rules and regulations that stood opposed to us nailing it to the Cross! So that is gone! So sin in the New Covenant is unbelief in Jesus and unbelief in the goodness of God and unbelief in the grace of God!

So you can see how much sin is going on in legalistic churches! When you put the law on people you are in unbelief because the law is not based on faith. The law blinds you to the goodness of God and the law drives you to self-righteousness and to try and earn the blessing of God because you think God is not good, He's stingy, He's mean and He wants to punish me so I better behave and do good to earn the blessing! That is not a good image of God and that is never the way God wanted to relate to man.

He ALWAYS wanted it to be by grace before time began!'

Rob Rufus sermon excerpt