no it doesn't. it means you don't have to worry about trying to pay back God for breaking His laws and trusting that God truly forgave you and you know WHY: because Jesus died for the atonement of our sins. we don't do the works of God to atone for our sins but out of love and thanksgiving that GOD already atoned for us. we do not do it to pay back God but in order to show our love for HIM and the rest of humanity.
you just don't understand how penal subsitution works and what they are truly teaching because you and others just hear half the message and then add other things to what anyone teaches, such as lying and saying they teach it is ok to kill in the future.
you are either ignorant or willfully blind to the fact that they speak to GOD"S children who have HIS HOLY SPIRIT to guide them and keep them from such transgressions. the sermon is about forgiveness and taking away fear of people who think God would abandon them if they make mistakes.
you and your friends rant and rave and do not see that you beat God's children up with your condemning words. calling them wolves, making them doubt that they are ever saved because as you call it they do NOT always "meet the mark"
now how can you tell if their not "meeting the mark" is due to being rooted in iniquity or not?
the guy preaches that if they are in CHrist then their hearts are new and they can always go before God and ask for forgiveness. they never have to worry that GOD will give up on them.
why do YOU preach against such a message?
you just don't understand how penal subsitution works and what they are truly teaching because you and others just hear half the message and then add other things to what anyone teaches, such as lying and saying they teach it is ok to kill in the future.
you are either ignorant or willfully blind to the fact that they speak to GOD"S children who have HIS HOLY SPIRIT to guide them and keep them from such transgressions. the sermon is about forgiveness and taking away fear of people who think God would abandon them if they make mistakes.
you and your friends rant and rave and do not see that you beat God's children up with your condemning words. calling them wolves, making them doubt that they are ever saved because as you call it they do NOT always "meet the mark"
now how can you tell if their not "meeting the mark" is due to being rooted in iniquity or not?
the guy preaches that if they are in CHrist then their hearts are new and they can always go before God and ask for forgiveness. they never have to worry that GOD will give up on them.
why do YOU preach against such a message?
They fully accept that when you turn to Christ the slate is wiped clean, you stand utterly forgiven, cleansed of your sin(though from Skinski's writing I am not sure if he actually even believes that)
The problem is, if you don't remain in this sinless(or pure) state you are in danger of God casting you out
Some churches will give you a certain amount of time to shape up, attain to a certain level of purity/holiness/perfection, others excpect it immediately.
Every time you slip, or fail to remain in rhis pure undefiled state you are hit with guilt and shame, and you are hit hard. You panic, fear that you are no longer pure enough for God, and he will cast you out. You desperately cry out for fogiveness and start over again striving to remain in a sinless and totally pure state
Though they won't admit it, it is a gospel of saved by faith kept by works, your own works, which are dependant on your own strivings and effort. This Gospel leads to no lasting peace. You can put on an act in church on Sunday, but that's it., you know deep down its just an act.
But because there are inevitably, even if fleeting times you feel you are in this state of sinless perfection due to yor efforts, you hurl the stones at others, you demand of them absolute purity, closing your eyes to the times you so often fail yourself to achieve it
And as it is a Gospel of works, pride is inevitable, and demands are made that the person who is making them does not even try to attain to themselves
The are single mindily focused on one issue, all else is immeterial, no works are required in heloping others for example, just preach the word of God according to your beliefs, and endlessly strive(and at times fail) to achieve sinless perfection. It is a torurtured soul who follows its path
It is a Gospel of works/personal goodness according to human effort. Though countless scriptures will be produced to support what they strive to attain for
problem is, it is having much of the literal letter, without a true understanding of the heart of what that letter contains
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