You're trying to have your cake and eat it too.
You're saying that it's the Spirit doing
all the work. But if He falls short in His work,
we will go to Hell.
Some gospel that.
Besides that - you are absolutely wrong when you say that He does
all the work. Even John Calvin didn't believe that.
Now who's teaching that it doesn't matter what you do once you're saved?
We are commanded to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. We realize that He is working His work in us - but we also realize that we are to work as well.
That's systematic Reformed theology and you'd do well to embrace it. Your theology is all over the map.
The book of 1 John was written to Christians. The apostle says, “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (
1 John 1:8–9).
It is clear from this passage that even those who have been born again and redeemed by the blood of Jesus will still sin.
But even if you were right and the Reformers and I are wrong - it still doesn't (as you have charged us) make our position one of saying that we should sin that grace may increase.
Frankly - I hope you are right and you manage to overcome sin completely in your life. I should be so diligent.
But what I do not hope is that you believe it will justify you before God. That is another gospel and, although it appears to me that you are preaching it, I really do hope you don't believe and teach that.
Sin is missing the mark and missing the mark is sin.
If you are trying to say that Reformed theologians teach that all sin is of equal consequence - you are absolutely wrong about that. No one I know of teaches that.
Nonsense.
Paul was set apart (sanctified) for use as the Apostle to the gentiles. Paul, by his own admission, sinned frequently after he was set apart for that purpose.
Nonsense.
Peter was sifted by Satan as wheat. As a result he willfully sinned and Christ prayed for Him as his advocate.
Where do you get this stuff?
When we repent - we do not crucify the Lord again. He was crucified once for all.
I know you're charismatic (just as I am). But you aren't Catholic as well are you? That would explain a lot by the way.
Are you perhaps referring to the passage in Hebrews 6 where the author talks about the consequences of the Jew's rejection of Jesus as their messiah?
Wherever you're coming from - you don't seem to have a very good grasp on the basics of the faith.
By the way -
I very much admire your zeal for living a sinless life. It is a good thing to not only believe you can live sinlessly but do your best to do so.
But in your zeal for overcoming sin and admonishing those whom you believe to be teaching an Antinomian theology - it appears that you have fallen headlong into one of the oldest and potentially the most deceptive and destructive of all heresies.
You appear to have moved from what are quite commendable admonitions for Christians to live a righteous life into the preaching of another gospel - which, according to God, is no gospel at all.
Many will say to the Lord on the day they meet Him face to face that they have done mighty works and made Him the Lord of their lives and He will tell them that He has never really known them.
The scriptures tell us that they will be utterly speechless when they hear those awful words.
Many of these folks will have overcome sins and done things for the Lord that I can only pray I will achieve in my life before I meet Him.
But what they will not have done apparently is to have rested in the sufficiency of Christ's finished work as their only hope of salvation.
You seem to be of such yourself and may God lead you to a proper understanding of the gospel.
I won't continue to argue the finer points of the doctrines of grace with you.
I hope to see you on the other side of this life.