Sin, by its very nature, has consequences. I believe God built those in for the purpose of disincentive and discipline. Or perhaps I should put it this way, He doesn't give us immunity to the natural consequences of sin for the purpose of disincentive and discipline. God's forgiveness means we are not subject to His wrath. Let's look at it another way. Even though Christ bought physical wholeness and eternal life for me on the cross, it still hurts and leaves a bruise when I bark my shins. This body will still die, should the Lord tarry. Glory to God, the day will come when I leave behind this body with all of its achey knees, kidney stones, emotional scars, and shame. My new body will be a reflection of God's glory with not so much as a whiff of my former sin. The consequences of sin, for the believer under grace, are as temporal as his mortal existence.
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