#freegrace

[jribera777]

When Jesus made the atonement for us after ascending up to heaven, salvation was finished. If you're adding your own works to the gospel, then it is evident that you DO NOT believe He completed salvation for us. We're saved by His work of redemption.

[whereruheaded]

God loves you, and He wants you to repent…seriously!

Genesis 4:6-7

[6] The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? [7] If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.”

God warns Cain!!! Though God may not have favored Cain’s offering, God loved Cain to give him direction. This situation is very similar to when I complement one of my children for obedience and another becomes immediately jealous. This jealous child now has a choice. She also can choose to obey, OR she can put up a fit, complain that her parents don’t love her, that she can never do anything right and pout, get angry and jealous and hurt the other child. Just like I don’t love one child over another but desire the best for each one of them, God does not play favorites. I encourage and praise obedience not disobedience, and I seek to correct disobedience hoping to see the disobedient child obey, not so much for my benefit; the greatest benefit will be for that child. 

In our fallen nature we make mistakes. We then have the choice to acknowledge our sin and repent and do right OR, blame others or circumstances for our sin, pout, not repent, not correct our behavior and continue to sin, or add sin upon sin.  

God is telling Cain “do good”. Cain doing good really doesn’t impact God as much as it impacts Cain. IF Cain had obeyed the instruction given by God he wouldn’t have been cursed. 

Romans 2:6-7

[6] He will render to each one according to his works: [7] to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

To do good requires patience and persistence. Patience with our mistakes, and persisting in repenting and striving to do good. 

Romans 2:11

[11] For God shows no partiality.

Just like God loves Cain and gave Cain direction despite his wrong doing, God loves us, and gives us direction. But for us to harness this gift of God’s love and direction we must admit our sin, we must be sorry for our sin and we must  seek to do good. If I seek to do good I must be abiding in God’s word because there is where I find God’s perfect direction. But it’s not only by reading God’s word that I can do good, I must act on what I read. I must make a conscious decision and fully accept God’s direction in my life. 

Romans 2:13

[13] For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

I’ve found it so easy so many times that I would shrug off my sin and God’s conviction from His word as “God will forgive me” or “I can’t change” or “I’m not as bad a sinner as some others” or “God’s really not talking about me”, or “there’s really nothing wrong with what I’m doing because so many Christians do the same so it must be ok”.  Don’t lie to yourself like I have. Learn to ‘fess up AND ACT ON IT! 

James 1:22-25

[22] But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. [23] For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. [24] For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. [25] But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

Open your ears, listen to what John the Baptist and Paul has to say!

Luke 3:7-9

[7] He said therefore to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? [8] Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. [9] Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.” John continues by giving great examples. He is expecting if you take the baptism of repentance that he will see changes in behavior and actions. 

Acts 26:19-20

[19] “Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, [20] but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.

If you don’t hear and turn, Christ gives a warning:

Matthew 13:14-15

[14] Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: 

    “‘“You will indeed hear but never understand,

        and you will indeed see but never perceive.” 

    [15] For this people’s heart has grown dull,

        and with their ears they can barely hear,

        and their eyes they have closed,

    lest they should see with their eyes

        and hear with their ears

    and understand with their heart

        and turn, and I would heal them.’

Luke 16:10

[10] “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

If with conviction you don’t act on it the result is increased dullness to the conviction of the Holy Spirit. So God, to get our attention, will put difficult situations into our lives to get our attention so as to enact change. 

But if you act on the conviction of the Holy Spirit and persist, eventually, you will recognize the Holy Spirit’s whisper and be fully controlled by the Holy Spirit! Be faithful in repenting even of “little” sins; that way, you will be available for God’s use for His glory.# 

[thinkingonscripture]

Ready for Saturday night Bible study. Continuing our study of Soteriology and looking at OT and NT words. Context always determines the meaning of a word, and we'll be looking at several passages to help us.

#Godisgood #thankYouFather #blessedbytheLord #homechurch #Soteriology #biblestudy #freegrace #freedomtostudy #freeforthemoment

[eli-kittim]

Is Free Grace Theology Biblical?

By Award-Winning Author & Bible Researcher Eli Kittim

Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ,

he is none of his.

(Romans 8.9 KJV)

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Sola fide

Sola fide (meaning “faith alone”) is a theological doctrine which holds that believers are justified by faith alone. Originally, the purpose of this doctrine was to distinguish the Protestants from the Catholic & Orthodox Churches that relied on sacraments (such as the Sacrament of Penance, aka Confession) and “works” for salvation. By contrast, Sola fide maintained that it is on the basis of faith alone that believers are justified (pardoned) and saved.

However, the original doctrine of Sola fide (faith alone) didn’t mean to imply that nothing happened to the believer existentially, psychologically, or supernaturally *after* they were saved. On the contrary, many reformers emphatically stressed that *regeneration* should produce verifiable evidence of the spiritual life. As 2 Pet. 1.10 warns (cf. 2 Cor. 13.5), make sure your faith is real:

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give

diligence to make your calling and election

sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never

fall.

The evidence of conversion is a believer’s *new self* in Christ (his new identity cf. Gal. 2.20; Eph. 4.24), with proof of ongoing fruit in their life. Many people mistakenly think they are converted or born again but they show no evidence of a personality change (a recreation) nor any fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace). Alas, despite what they say publicly, they have not been converted; they have not been reborn! Read Jonathan Edwards’ sermon, “Sudden Conversions Are Very Often False.”

The reformers knew the importance of John 3.7: “Ye must be born again.” This Biblical concept doesn’t refer to the time when, during a crusade, you decided to make a spiritual commitment to Christ, or to the time when you made a sincere profession of faith during an altar call at a Jimmy Swaggart rally, or when you decided to give your life to Jesus, in your living room one night, while watching Billy Graham or Joel Osteen. This “decision” is characterized under the category of “works” (since you decided the outcome by yourself), and it has absolutely nothing to do with Biblical regeneration or with God. Why? Because God had nothing to do with it, nor is there any evidence of a supernatural work of the Holy Spirit in your life. That’s why 2 Corinthians 5.17 declares:

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a

new creature: old things are passed away;

behold, all things are become new.

Unfortunately, the sinner’s prayer doesn’t save anyone. It doesn’t change your carnal nature into a new creature. Your sin nature remains the same and dominates your mind and heart. So how, then, are you saved? A saved person is dominated by God, not by his passions.

That’s why the reformers spoke of irresistible grace (monergism). Regardless of whether we agree with it or not, the point is that this soteriological doctrine teaches that God’s grace is effectually applied to the believer in order to save them, and that God overcomes their resistance and *changes* them from *within.* In other words, a transformation takes place on the inside. It’s not just faith alone. If they cannot deny it or resist it, then that means that God’s grace has a direct cause-effect influence in their lives. That’s why scripture emphasizes the need for a baptism of the Spirit (Matthew 3.11): “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved” (Mark 16.16)!

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Free Grace Theology

Free Grace (aka Easy-believism) is a Christian soteriological position which holds that anyone can be saved and receive eternal life simply by believing that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God (John 20:31). The only condition for receiving the grace of eternal life is *faith.* Nothing else is required. In fact, one is not even required to stop sinning. They have completely removed Sola fide (faith alone) from its original Biblical and soteriological context, thereby isolating and distorting it to mean something entirely different.

By contrast, *Lordship Salvation* requires obedience to Christ. And this is the actual teaching of Scripture! The free Grace movement apparently forgot Jesus’ teaching which states: “repent ye, and believe the gospel” (Mark 1.15). Grace is free, but it’s not cheap. Christ says in Mt 16.24:

If any man will come after me, let him deny

himself, and take up his cross, and follow

me.

Here are Jesus’ own words in John 14.15:

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Besides, how can *mere belief* ALONE be sufficient for *salvation* if the demons believe just as much? (James 2.19):

Thou believest that there is one God; thou

doest well: the devils also believe, and

tremble.

In fact, 1 John 2.3-4 would call proponents of Free Grace “liars”:

And hereby we do know that we know him

[Christ], if we keep his commandments. He

that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his

commandments, is a liar, and the truth is

not in him.

And yet, *free grace theology* is constantly mocking Lordship Salvation, calling it evil and unbiblical. Therefore, we should take heed of Isaiah’s (5.20) stern warning:

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good

evil; that put darkness for light, and light for

darkness.

In this paper, I’m only talking about the *regenerated* or *born-again believer,* and what their salvation consists of. I’m trying to demonstrate that a rebirth entails a new identity, a new creation, and a constant outflow of the fruit of the spirit. Just to be clear, Christian salvation is not based on the *works* of the law. Obeying the commandments of Moses doesn’t save anyone. We are not saved because we obey; we obey because we are saved! Nor is salvation an intellectual assent to the truths of Christianity (see Wayne Grudem’s “Free Grace” Theology). You don’t simply look at the facts, weigh the evidence, and conclude that Jesus must be the Messiah. Salvation is NOT an intellectual exercise. Rather, it’s an experience! In Paul’s “Participationist” model of salvation, we don’t merely stand afar off and believe in the person and work of Jesus Christ. No! Rather, we *participate* “in Christ.” We share in his baptism (Rom. 6.3), death (Gal. 2.20), and resurrection (Rom. 6.8). Psalm 34.8 says:

O taste and see that the LORD is good.

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[kingjamesbible1611]

Lordship Salvation - Caught Between Grace and Works

[maxineshawsdaughter]

Black children deserve better than the school to prison pipeline. #FREEGRACE * * * * #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKCHILDRENMATTER #SCHOOLTOPRISONPIPELINE #STOPFAILINGOURKIDS #BLACKCHILDRENDESERVEMORE #DOBETTER #DEFUNDTHEPOLICE #FUNDTHESCHOOLS https://www.instagram.com/p/CC_pl-Gn6eL/?igshid=hy37zrqf6lnd

[sweetdreamr]

Hey everyone I just found a picture of Judge Mary Ellen Brennan, who thought it was a great idea to incarcerate  fourteen year old during a fucking PANDEMIC:

not pictured: the gaping black void that used to be her soul

[dagdamusic]

Wow! My uncle Montana would be proud of his granddaughter Maggie fighting for her fellow student. Keep up the good trouble! #freegrace #blacklivesmatter https://www.instagram.com/p/CDCyDcIJ9eC/?igshid=12nk7geapko34

[jribera777]

Like this, if you believe faith in the finished work of Christ is enough to take you to heaven.

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

Repost from @mspackyetti • #FREEGRACE. #LinkInBio to take action NOW via @gosociafy and @advancementproject . Grace* is 15 years old. On May 14, Grace was locked up for not doing her homework. She remains incarcerated, during a highly transmutable pandemic, at a juviline detention facility, even after another court hearing this week that outcry and organizing forced. Two women-Judge Mary Ellen Brennan and Grace’s caseworker, Rachel Giroux, are to blame for this heinous and profound miscarriage of justice. Rachel did not check to see if Grace’s learning disabilities were being accomodated by the school or even to see if was meeting her academic requirements before she reported a violation of probation. Grace’s teacher has even said that Grace was on par with the rest of the class regarding completion. I want us to understand something here: this may seem like an extreme outlier, but it is not. Two dozen other children are currently locked up in Oakland County, Michigan due to reported “delinquency,” even thought the Governor called on courts to stop these practices during the pandemic. To be clear: they should be stopped ALWAYS. And if you already guessed that a disproportionate amount of those children currently incarcerated are Black, you’d be correct. #FREEGRACE and every other Grace around the country who is locked up in a system that adultifies and criminalized Black girls. Young people. Kids. Children who should be allowed to be children. The truth is unfortunately that hardly anyone cares about Black girls. Please, PLEASE, make this ring false for Grace. Follow @GoSociafy & @advancementproject, share these slides and actions, and click the link in my bio to take action NOW. #FREEGRACE. EDIT: I answered some conflicting information by video in my stories because that’s important., I ALSO spent some time helping the people who want to argue to ask the BETTER QUESTION: WHY ARE WE LOCKING UP 15 YEAR OLDS?!? #criminalization #blackgirls #blacklivesmatter #schooltoprisonpipeline #blm #nojusticenopeace #protectblackgirls #protectblackchildren #education #judgemaryellenbrennan #racism #fightforjustice #blackyouth #bipoc #criminalizationofblackness https://www.instagram.com/p/CDBt5a6gHry/?igshid=15hbm77j1iy3k

[ambassador1981]

@TheLaymansSeminary Free Grace Freestyle part 1#freegrace #freestyle #christianrap #bible #shorts https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BLowfgip4Rg

[thinkingonscripture]

The Bible teaches a free grace gospel. That is, we are saved freely by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. This is good news, because we cannot saves ourselves, and no amount of good works will save. No good works are required before, during, or after we trust in Christ. Christ alone saves. #freegrace #grace #salvation #Jesus #faith #believe

[xanaddams]

Reposted from @riseindigenous Ready for your daily dose of “what white fuckery is this”? This is deeply upsetting and disgusting. #JudgeMaryEllenBrennan needs to resign and the system needs to burn! . #Repost @raisedbystyle: This is outrageous & purely racist! A judge in Michigan has detained a 15-year-old black girl since May for not doing her homework. She has been separated from her mother for over 60 days and the judge says she belongs where she is. This is child endangerment. This is criminalizing blackness. This is a pure lack of respect and decency for our young girls. SWIPE To help take action against this! SIGN the petition via the link in my bio #FreeGrace #ProtectOurGirls #ProtectBlackWomen https://www.instagram.com/p/CC-S9Kyg1jv/?igshid=19mvrhrn2fjce

[sronson]

Repost from @mspackyetti • #FREEGRACE. take action NOW via @gosociafy and @advancementproject . Grace* is 15 years old. On May 14, Grace was locked up for not DOING HER HOMEWORK. She remains incarcerated, during a highly transmutable pandemic, at a juviline detention facility, even after another court hearing this week that outcry and organizing forced. Two women-Judge Mary Ellen Brennan and Grace’s caseworker, Rachel Giroux, are to blame for this heinous and profound miscarriage of justice. Rachel did not check to see if Grace’s learning disabilities were being accomodated by the school or even to see if was meeting her academic requirements before she reported a violation of probation. Grace’s teacher has even said that Grace was on par with the rest of the class regarding completion. I want us to understand something here: this may seem like an extreme outlier, but it is not. Two dozen other children are currently locked up in Oakland County, Michigan due to reported “delinquency,” even thought the Governor called on courts to stop these practices during the pandemic. To be clear: they should be stopped ALWAYS. And if you already guessed that a disproportionate amount of those children currently incarcerated are Black, you’d be correct. #FREEGRACE and every other Grace around the country who is locked up in a system that adultifies and criminalized Black girls. Young people. Kids. Children who should be allowed to be children. The truth is unfortunately that hardly anyone cares about Black girls. Please, PLEASE, make this ring false for Grace. Follow @GoSociafy & @advancementproject, share these slides and actions, and click the link in my bio to take action NOW. #FREEGRACE. EDIT: I answered some conflicting information by video in my stories because that’s important., I ALSO spent some time helping the people who want to argue to ask the BETTER QUESTION: WHY ARE WE LOCKING UP 15 YEAR OLDS?!? https://www.instagram.com/p/CC9YC8wsuYO/?igshid=17xq3mneow9v6

[nolefturnsinc]

#Repost @rapsody with @get_repost ・・・ Man....🤬🤬 Repost • @tamikadmallory 🚨FOLLOW @prettybrowngirls FOR ACTION STEPS🚨Here’s an update on Grace, 15-year-old black girl who was put in a juvenile detention center during a global pandemic for not completing her online schoolwork. Although the Judge denied Grace’s release again during her hearing yesterday, we are continuing our fight to demand justice for her. The next court date is not until September. Swipe left to learn how you can help #FreeGrace. A huge shout out and thank you to @gosociafy for all that you’re doing for Grace✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿💗💗💗 #PrettyBrownGirlsForGrace #JusticeForGrace #FreeGrace https://www.instagram.com/p/CC9U1-sFygg/?igshid=8yirhbd0bpp0