The Basics of Free Grace Theology - Ken Yates

[@timgrady4630]

Beautiful truth , Ken . No better News , ever (John 3:16 & Ephesians 2:8-9) . One sip of the Water of Life forever quenches the thirst for eternity (John 4:1-39) .

[@Clod-Hopper]

This is the first I have heard of the Flexible Free Grace terminology. I consider myself a Free Grace believer eventhough I attend a Church of Christ (believe and be Baptized) denomination, spent 15 years of my life under Lordship Salvation, and another 30 years as an Evangelist in the Assembly of God pentecostal arminian belief. I will say all of these denominations are fraught with error and in my opinion it comes down to whom lives life on earth in rest or unrest. Here is why there are believers who can get saved in all of these denominations, including Catholicism. Peter and James taught the divinity of Christ to the Jews. Their hearers believed, but they also mixed circumcision and keeping the law of Moses as a salvation requirement. See Acts 15:5 states, But some of the sect of the Pharisees WHO BELIEVED rose up to contend with Paul saying it was necessary to circumcise and command them to keep the Law of Moses to be saved. If these Pharisees were alive today, circumcision might change to Baptism...Law of Moses would be Faith + Works....we see the same today as Paul did then. What made these Jews believers and yet thinking works of the flesh were part of salvation? They came from James who taught works as part of faith in salvation. The saving faith must be very easy then...Jesus is the Son of God, came and died for the sin of man and rose again. If you believe that you are saved regardless of what denomination you attend to.

[@graftme3168]

It's not about the denomination you "belong" to but rather about whether you heard the true message of eternal life. The Gospel is the ONLY foundation you can build on. If you don't have that foundation, you got nothing, and are building your "house" in vain. NOBODY would ever begin building their house without having the SURE and SOLID foundation laid first. If you don't know you have the foundation (guarantee of eternal life) why would you waste your time and energy building a house that you aren't sure will stand in the end? That's insanity. To not have absolute assurance of salvation is like building on sand. It WILL fall.

[@jonathanwalton2082]

What church at Fort Hood did you attend? Or what church does Jack pastor?

[@dove4108]

So surprising that R.C. Sproul questioned his salvation or whether he was of the elect ?

[@karinecarde1254]

No, it's actually the very logical conclusion of the heresies he taught.

[@aaronsmith5529]

You can lose your assurance by living a carnal life. How would you not.

[@2Chronicles714_]

The free grace movement that started in the 1970's rejects Jesus's preaching, claiming it only applies to Israel. Jesus's first command when He started His earthly ministry was Repent and believe (Mark 1:15). Jesus's final command after the resurrection is for believers to go into all the world and preach repentance for the forgiveness of sins (Luke 24:44-47). They negate the cross which is the center of grace. They teach just believe John 3:16 at any point in your life and you can live like a demon and even become a satanist claiming OSAS makes it so. They believe that there are no moral laws God expects Christians to obey. Free grace theology takes a biblical teaching to an unbiblical conclusion. The biblical teaching is that Christians are not required to observe the Old Testament Law as a means of salvation. When Jesus Christ died on the cross, He fulfilled the Old Testament Law (Romans 10:4; Galatians 3:23-25; Ephesians 2:15). The unbiblical conclusion is that there is no moral law God expects Christians to obey. The apostle Paul dealt with the issue of "easy believism" belief in Romans 6:1-2, “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?” The Apostle Jude calls it perverted grace (v-4) The most frequent attack on the doctrine of salvation by grace alone is that it encourages sin. People may wonder, “If I am saved by grace and all my sins are forgiven, why not sin all I want?” That thinking is not the result of true conversion because true conversion yields a greater desire to obey, not a lesser one. God’s desire-and our desire when we are regenerated by His Spirit-is that we strive not to sin. Out of gratitude for His grace and forgiveness, we want to please Him. God has given us His infinitely gracious promise of everlasting life (to those who continue believing/obeying) in John 3:16; Romans 5:8. Our response is to consecrate our lives to Him out of love, worship, and gratitude for what He has done for us (Romans 12:1-2). Free grace is unbiblical in that it misapplies the meaning of God’s gracious favor. Another reason that free grace is unbiblical is that there is a moral law God expects us to obey. First John 5:3 tells us, “This is love for God: to obey His commands. And His commands are not burdensome.” What is this law God expects us to obey? It is the law of Christ - “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments” (Matthew 22:37-40). No, we are not under the Old Testament Law. Yes, we are under the law of Christ. The law of Christ is not an extensive list of legal codes. It is a law of love. IF we love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, we will strive to please Him. IF we love our neighbors as ourselves, we will do nothing to harm them. Obeying the law of Christ is not a requirement to earn or maintain salvation. The law of Christ is what God expects of a Christian. In summary free gracer theology is contrary to everything the Bible teaches. God expects us to live a life of morality, integrity, and love. Jesus Christ freed us from the burdensome commands of the Old Testament Law, but that is not a license to sin. Rather, it is a covenant of grace. We are to strive to overcome sin and cultivate righteousness, depending on the Holy Spirit to help us.

[@danielbelteshazzar-mg7rb]

Nope! Everyone is saved, its just matter how will they enter eternal life. Through grave / which will be majority,and never to see grave/which few will find.. There is no ´´you need´´ anymore. God said enough. That we need to causing this problem. Instead to quit you trying and let God finish what He has started. Heb 8:1 “For this is the covenant that ... I WILL make with the house of Israel .. I WILL put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts and I WILL be their God, and they shall be My people. I WILL teach them Heb 8: 11 “None of them shall teach his neighbor, I WILL be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I WILL remember no more.” 2Co 5: 18 Now ALL things ARE of God, who has reconciled us... 2Co 5: 19 that is, that GOD WAS in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, NOT IMPUTING their trespasses to them.. Col 1: 20 and BY HIM to reconcile ALL THINGS to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. Having made PEACE that shall never be removed...Because this is the fulfillment of the prophecy Isa 54 : 10 So everyone who speak that God will forget cross and what Jesus did on it,as not enough and will send people to fire is an enemy of the cross. So everyone can be enemy of the cross,or peacemaker ... Everyone choice Glory of sons,or to be ashamed at the end not believing LOVE of God for every single soul..

[@GS-mh6ub]

I advise those who encounter this not to rely on the inaccurate or deceptive information provided by this person. Acts of kindness or submission to God are performed out of affection for Christ's reconciliation for human transgressions. As well as to receive rewards in the afterlife. There is a distinction between being a follower and being saved. Salvation is a singular event achieved through faith. Discipleship is a lifelong pursuit of obedience to God.

[@2Chronicles714_]

@GS-mh6ub IF you are truly saved you are a follower/disciple of Jesus Christ.

[@danielbelteshazzar-mg7rb]

GS-mh6ub You talking about me ?

[@danielbelteshazzar-mg7rb]

2Chronicles7 You surely are . If you follow Him,not waiting for Him. John 12:26“If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and WHERE I am, there My servant WILL BE also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor. You still waiting for carnal Jesus? Sry bud,not gonna happen...thats another Jesus.. God is Spirit..You want to be where He is,go in to the Spirit . 2Co 3: 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. And if He is in you Rom 8 : 11 = John 11: 21

[@jonathanwalton2082]

What church at Fort Hood did you attend? Or what church does Jack pastor?