Grace vs Control
Control
to exercise restraining or directing influence over : REGULATE
Grace
unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification
Let me make this clear up front:
I’m not here to justify sin but to justify grace.
There’s a difference, and if you can’t tell the two apart, you’ve been discipled by control of man—not Christ.
As a follower of Christ there is never a circumstance where it’s your task to correct someone with any kind of force.
Correction by coercion is not correction —it’s pride wrapped in scripture.
If you’re truly moved by the Holy Spirit, the only thing you’ve been given authority to do is speak truth in love.
Anything beyond that is spiritual trespassing.
But we’re watching the same old sickness play out again in a modern tone.
People stomping around with scripture in one hand and a gavel in the other, throwing stones in the name of holiness—meanwhile hiding from their own shadows.
Condemning others becomes a convenient way to avoid your own reflection.
You execute their punishment prematurely just so you don’t have to face your own.
And that’s not discernment. That’s ego in a Jesus costume.
Here’s the thing: You are not God.
You don’t get to decide the weight of someone’s guilt and the verdict you assign will be the same assignment you’ll receive.
“For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.”
– Matthew 7:2
You don’t get to issue divine sentences based on your human discomfort.
You have no moral authority above another human — I mean; you remain confined to that dying meat suit.
“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12
You’re not protecting the gospel—you’re perverting it.
Grace isn’t a license for sin. But GRACE is the ONLY bridge to healing.
And you don’t get to burn that bridge for anyone and get away with it… let alone earn the ability to have any pride in your work.
“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”
-Proverbs 16:18
You want to know what really makes me sick?
That the loudest people in the modern church are often the furthest from Christ’s heart.
“When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.”
– Proverbs 10:19
Jesus railed against this—
“They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and they lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.”
Matthew 23:4
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.”
Matthew 23:27-28
those choosing dominance over love
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.”
– 1 John 4:18
those who forsake mercy
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.”
Matthew 5:7
And yet, here they are again, wearing His name like a badge while they crucify people He died to set free.
“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
Jesus – Luke 23:34
The real tragedy?
Many believe they are doing God’s work, but they are not; they are merely doing their work. They are so surrounded by validation and applause that they fail to recognize it. The crowd has blinded them.
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
-Matthew 7:21
Listen: society is not where it’s supposed to be.
And neither is the church.
Now, will you hear this? Probably not. And I’m not expecting you to.
The truth about the truth…
The truth rarely gets a warm welcome when it threatens the throne you built for yourself.
But I’ll say it anyway.
- Even the people you mock
- the ones you write off
- the ones whose lives you condemn from a distance
God came for the
- giants
- misfits
- mystics
- addicts
- artists
- outcasts—
They are no different than you.
Their moral sin may look different. Their wounds may be externally louder. They may hide less of their ugly parts than you…
but at least they aren’t tucked safely behind holy jargon to excuse cruelty.
“For we have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” – Romans 3:23
And if it offends you that Jesus may have used unconventional methods to expand perception, then what you worship is safety, not truth.
Religiosity – man-made – fear-driven – repulsive!!!
It stinks of control, not communion. It inspires rebellion, not reverence.
So go ahead. Keep mandating your subjective umbilical rules.
Keep enforcing your man made version of purity. But don’t be surprised when the ones who truly hear the Spirit reject your kingdom altogether.
Because God’s kingdom is higher. And it doesn’t need your validation.
Your voice? If it isn’t born of love… of Spirit, of truth?
It’s just wind.
It will die with your body… while the words rooted in heaven continue to echo into eternity.
Now, I ask myself: What am I doing?
I’m burning down the altars built to false gods. I’m standing in the gap where most stay silent.
And if you don’t like it? Maybe it’s not for you.
