DOES GRACE MEAN I CAN SIN ALL I WANT? A RADICAL GRACE BLOG FOR THE CONFUSED, THE CURIOUS, AND THE BRAVE

Have you ever had someone completely misunderstand you?

Like you say one thing…

and they hear the TOTAL opposite?

Have you ever tried explaining grace to someone, and halfway through you can literally see their brain buffering like a glitchy YouTube video?

And have you ever been asked a question so wild, you had to double-check if you were being punk’d by a pastor?

Because recently a pastor asked me:

“So what I’m hearing is that if I believe Jesus died for my sins, repent once, then I can just sin all I want with peace, joy, and no guilt at all. Am I getting you correctly?”

I had to pause.

Not because he was wrong — but because this question is exactly what millions of Christians secretly wonder… but are too scared to say out loud.

So instead of reacting, I took a breath and answered with grace — the same grace Jesus gives me daily.

Let me start with this:

Grace is not permission to sin.

Grace is the power to stand even when you do.

People don’t sin because they want to disappoint God.

People sin because they’re HUMAN.

The Bible says sin is not just a decision — it’s a condition.

“Surely I was sinful at birth…” — Psalm 51:5

“For all have sinned…” — Romans 3:23

“Sin entered the world through one man…” — Romans 5:12

We didn’t learn sin — we inherited it.

It is the human default mode.

Even PAUL — Mr. New Testament himself — admitted:

“The good I want to do, I do not do… but the evil I do not want to do… this I KEEP ON doing.”

Romans 7:19

If Paul struggled, you can relax. God isn’t shocked by your humanity.

Now… about repentance.

Most people think repentance means:

crying, begging, apologizing, promising, failing, repeating.

But the Bible defines repentance VERY differently.

The Greek word for repentance is metanoia, meaning:

“To change your mind.”

Not “cry harder.”

Not “feel bad longer.”

Not “earn forgiveness through suffering.”

Repentance in Scripture is a one-time mind-shift from unbelief to belief.

“Repent and believe the good news.” — Mark 1:15

“Believe in your heart… you will be saved.” — Romans 10:9

You are forgiven — fully — the moment you believe in Christ.

Past, present, and future sins (Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 10:10–14).

Not conditionally.

Not temporarily.

Not “unless you mess up three times this week.”

Your righteousness is a gift, not a reward (Romans 5:1–2).

Let’s also talk about how the English Bible fails us sometimes.

We have ONE word for “love,” but the Bible has agape, phileo, eros, storge.

Four very different meanings.

The same is true for the word sin.

In Hebrew and Greek, there are more than two dozen words for sin:

• chattā’ah — missing the mark
• pesha — rebellion
• avon — moral distortion
• hamartia — not hitting God’s intent
• anomia — lawlessness

So when Jesus told the woman caught in adultery,

“Go and sin no more,”

He wasn’t saying,

“Never commit a single wrong action again.”

He was telling her:

“Leave your location of sin (identity) and step into your new place — grace.”

Just like my Korean mother — she’s Korean by DNA, but her residence is America.

Identity and residence are two different things.

When we accept Jesus, our residence changes.

We move from the kingdom of sin to the kingdom of grace.

Our human nature still wrestles, but our spiritual address is brand new.

Let me share a story.

A man struggled with alcoholism.

Five years sober.

Full of hope.

Strong community.

Then his wife left him.

Heartbroken, he slipped.

One drink.

Then shame.

Then hiding.

Then pretending.

Then avoiding church because he felt “unworthy.”

He wasn’t a hypocrite —

He was HUMAN.

But because the church gave him law, not grace…

he hid his struggle.

And hidden shame grew where healing should have been.

Law creates actors.

Grace creates honesty.

Grace says,

“You messed up? Come close.”

Law says,

“You messed up? Stay away.”

This is why I preach grace.

Not because sin is okay —

but because JESUS is greater.

“Where sin increased, grace increased even MORE.” — Romans 5:20

Grace doesn’t encourage sin.

Grace heals the shame that keeps people trapped IN sin.

Grace doesn’t make you reckless.

Grace makes you REAL.

So let’s answer the pastor’s question directly:

“Does grace mean I can sin all I want, guilt-free?”

No.

Grace means your IDENTITY is no longer tied to your sins —

and guilt no longer has authority over you.

You don’t WANT to sin more when you taste grace —

you want to LIVE more.

Grace doesn’t celebrate sin —

Grace celebrates the Savior who refuses to give up on you.

You don’t try to sin.

You don’t try to be holy.

Both are fruits of identity.

One comes from Adam.

One comes from Christ.

Your residence changed.

Your behavior is catching up.

And THAT is why I want my upcoming book —

“From Pastor to Pornstar: Holy to Horny” —

to shake the religious world awake with a message of radical grace.

Because guilt doesn’t transform people.

Grace does.

Hopefully this blog made sense.

Ask me anything — I LOVE these conversations.

And if you’ve got more questions like this or want to go deeper, email me anytime at info@funnychristy.com.

Remember you are my lovers, whether you love me or love to hate me you are still my lover!

Don’t forget Jesus loves you and so do I!