“Praise God and pass the ammo” is more popular...
God gives us the grace we need to reform from bad habits.
But He does not take away our free will and drive us like robots.
Pray for a good harvest, and then hoe like Hell.
In my early Christian life I, like so many others, struggled with the correct interpretation of Romans Chapters 6, 7, & 8. It is Paul’s description of how a Christian is to live the sanctified life. There were clearly highly divergent opinions within the Protestant church as expressed by the books available and the writers with their varying opinions all seemed to make at least some sense. My grappling with the issue occurred around 1980. I finally just put my books on the shelf and put it aside.
In 2010 “LET GO AND LET GOD? - A Survey and Analysis of Keswick Theology” by ANDREW DAVID NASELLI was published. It was available through my Logos Bible software and I purchased and read it.
Naselli contends that the phrase “Let go and let God” was popularized and injected into Protestant theology by the Keswick movement. He describes the movement and gives a detailed pedigree of the different proponents of this position. No matter what your viewpoint, the book is great in that it puts all the differing views on sanctification from the Protestant perspective in one place and explains them.
Naselli also contends that the positions are not heretical in that they do not deny the divinity of Christ or the necessity for His atoning grace in order to pay the penalty of our sins. Thus, we should embrace all the different adherents (the ones Naselli deals with) as brothers in Christ. On the other hand, Naselli correctly points out that having an incorrect view of “sanctification” is like attempting to navigate a city unknown to you by using the WRONG MAP! Thus, a flawed view of sanctification will cripple your personal spiritual growth.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to get a correct view of sanctification. Even if you don’t subscribe to Naselli’s tenets you will get a very good assessment of opposing positions.
Today I had a situation that was troubling to me. I sat quietly and Prayed for God’s resolution. Resolution came in an hour with no more effort on my part. I thanked God for this perfect outcome.
I am a follower of Jesus and participate weekly in the Celebrate Recovery Program.
Just another piece of Evangelical lingo that sounds good, but isn’t really scriptural.