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It Just Keeps Popping Up

I keep thinking about this justification *(see previous post) and the self deception that arises from our justifications, and it seems to keep popping up everywhere. It's kind of like when you buy a new car, you suddenly notice there are thousands of your particular new model already on the road that you never saw before. Well, lately, when I read the Word, this whole justification thing just keeps popping up. For example, this morning I was reading in Romans and Paul was asking all those questions about "do we keep on sinning to show how good God's grace is?" and he said, "I'm using a human argument here", and I instantly thought, is that a justification argument? And I thought about it, and yeah, I've actually heard that human argument being made. I once talked with a someone who had gone prodigal for a while. They lived a life of sin that was harmful to others and themselves, even though they knew full well how this was grieving Holy Spiri