***Could, yes. Will? No, because God wouldn’t allow me to do it. His Holy Spirit, which resides in me, will not allow such a thing. ***
Now do you understand why we regard the Reformed doctrine with such horror? Because the Reformed regard heinous acts as merely trivial things that the Holy Spirit wouldn’t permit the individual to do if it were truly heinous. And even if they perform them, it still does not stop the ride to Heaven.
This is the Gnosticism that we are attempting to warn you guys about. Jesus dying on the Cross does not give you permission to sin.
And Jesus dying on the cross does not give you permission to worship Mary, WHICH IS A SIN.
***This is the Gnosticism that we are attempting to warn you guys about.***
This is truth that we are trying to teach you guys about.
Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe.
You can’t pay for your own sins. Jesus already paid for them with his life. For you to say that YOU have to do more is to say that Christ is not sufficient. Sorry, my SAVIOR is sufficient for me.
Bingo.....without realizing it, you have just stated why many a Catholic haven’t accepted Christ alone with faith alone.
Salvation isn’t about morality. Nothing we do can merit our being in heaven. Even if we tried and remained obedient to Him, His love and intent, it isn’t anything we do say or think that gives us salvation. It(Salvation) is ALL HIS work. God provides salvation, not us.
BTW, there also isn’t anything we can do, once elect and exercised just a smidgeon more faith than absolutely no faith whatsoever to be able to keep our appointed destiny with Him.
It isn’t up to us. It is all His work.
Nobody is saying we are given permission to sin because of His work, rather because of His work, sin is no longer the issue.
We aren’t just cleansed of sin, we actually have righteousness imputed to us, regardless if we wanted it or not.