So, if someone says, "Well, I am under grace," but continues to live a lifestyle of sin, this person does not understand grace at all. In the Gospels, Jesus plainly taught that if someone understands how much God has forgiven them through the finished work of Christ, he or she would fall in love with Jesus and love Him even more (Luke 7:47, New Living Translation), not go out and sin more, or go on living in sin. So, it is only when someone truly has a revelation that God does not condemn them, because of what happened at the cross, that they would have the power to get out of the vicious circle of sin. He did this because He knew that He would bear her sins on the cross. In the story of the woman caught in adultery, the Bible records Jesus telling her, "Neither do I condemn you go and sin no more." (John 8:10–11) Jesus extended His grace (undeserved, unmerited, unearned favor) to the woman by giving her the gift of no condemnation first, and in doing so, He empowered her to "go and sin no more". Romans 6:14 says, "For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace." Sin loses its control ("dominion") over you when you are under grace ("not under law but under grace"). The Bible is very clear, and emphatic, about this. In other words, God's grace gives us dominion over sin (Romans 6:14), NOT keeps us under the bondage and power of sin. God's grace (undeserved, unmerited, unearned favor) empowers us to experience victory over sin, unclean habits and addictions in our lives.
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