“I would argue that BOTH the Lordship guys and the non-Lordship guys are completely wrong.”
It sounds like you’re really a Lordship salvation guy who has heard too many distortions and characatures of the Lordship position.
Pastorbooks,
I would be very careful how you present this to your church. I met a young man thirty years ago who was living in an adulterous relationship at the time. When I questioned him he said, “My pastor said that I’m saved no matter what I do.” That is completely against the word of God. Even Jesus said to the woman caught in adultery, “I forgive you; go and Sin no more.” What does that mean?
You seem to have trouble understading this simple statement, so I’ll say it again: if your theology is wrong . . .there will be judgment to pay. If I happen to be wrong, I’ve simply taught people to walk in obedience and rely on the grace of God for salvation. Where, in the scriptures, does it say we are to be disobedient?
“My sheep hear my voice, they listen and follow me . . .” To listen and follow means to obey—does it not?
The gospel is not for those who hear God’s voice and follow their own way—it is for those who take up their cross and follow him.
I wouldn’t believe in a gospel that does not transform my life.