Well, I agree with him that we need to live radically for Jesus.
Yes, we do. But not for salvation. We are saved by grace through faith.
We do need to deny ourselves, pick up our cross, and follow Jesus.
Yes, we do. Not not for salvation, but for blessings during our life, and rewards in eternity.
But to the "Sin and Still Be Saved Salvationist" (Which appears to be like 90 some % of the churches out there) they see God's grace as a safety net to sin in some way.
This is ridiculous. What church advocates that believers continue to sin?
Sure, they may talk about "repentance" or "turning from idols" or "living holy," but they do not really understand what these things mean when the Bible talks about them. They do not understand that Jesus and His followers warned about how abiding in certain unconfessed sins can destroy us spiritually.
How can a believer, who has been given ETERNAL life, then "die spirituallly". Arminians just cannot provide a coherent answer.
Yes, we are initially and ultimately saved by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ. But...
The Bible is clear. There are no "but's" attached to our salvation.
The Bible also teaches that certain kinds of unconfessed sins can separate us from God from Matthew to Revelation (Matthew 5:28-30) (Matthew 6:15) (Matthew 12:37) (Matthew 25:31-46) (Luke 9:62) (1 John 3:15) (Galatians 5:19-21) (Revelation 21:8).
Yes, the believer with unconfessed sins is separated from fellowship with the Lord. 1 John 1.
The Bible also teaches that obedience to God's commands is tied to eternal life from Matthew to Revelation (See Matthew 19:17-19) (Luke 10:25-28) (1 John 1:7) (1 John 3:23) (Hebrews 5:9) (Revelation 22:14).
None of these verses say what you claim. ONLY faith in Christ is "tied to eternal life".
Eternal Life:
John 3:15-16 15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. 16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:36 "He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
John 5:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
John 6:40 "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."
John 6:47 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord
1 Tim 1:16 Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
Gal 3:22 But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
1 John 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
As for his views on hell:
Well, looking at the titles of his videos by doing a search for "hell" on his YouTube page, it appears he is for Eternal Torment (Which is the popular church view).
So, you don't??!!
I believe in Dualistic Conditional Immortality.
This is the view that hell is a very real and literal place for the wicked after they die, but the Lake of Fire is only a temporary place of punishment for the wicked with them eventually burning up or being erased from existence. To learn more, check out this thread I created here at CF.
Eh, thanks, but no thanks.
I'll continue to believe what the Bible says about the lake of fire and its eternality.
Rom 19:20 - 20But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Rev 20:10 - 10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Rev 20:15 - Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
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In my understanding on God's Word, and in walking with the goodness of the Lord, Conditional Immortality (destruction in the Lake of Fire) sounds to me like fair justice.
Except the Bible says nothing about "destruction in the Lake of Fire". Instead, the Bible speaks of everyone, fallen angels and unsaved human beings, "will be formented day and night for ever and ever".
That sure doesn't sound like the end of existence.