For us to know the power of God, we must walk in a higher standard than those in the world.
There are those that think the grace of God is a licence to do whatever they want. Wrong! We have salvation through the unmerited favor (grace) of God, we don't earn our salvation it is a gift from God. After our salvation, our forgiveness of sins we enter a new life. We are called to walk in a higher standard than even those of the old covenant. Grace is not a licence to do whatever you want to do. We are called to a higher standard. A good example is; You shall not commit adultery, But Jesus said if you look at a woman to lust after her, you have committed adultery with her already in your heart. Lifting the bar! He raise the standard on that commandment as well as others. The new man in Christ: Ephesians 4: 17-24 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of thei...