You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. (Galatians 5:4)
John 14:15
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
1 John 2:3-5
And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a LIAR, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:
1 John 5:2-3
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
Very simple formula for salvation:
Saved by Grace, THEN obey God’s commandments.
Saved by Grace, then REFUSE to obey God’s commandments? Then good luck to all Nicolaitans. (They believed and said that a person is saved by grace and therefore it doesn’t matter how you live....**once saved, always saved**, MAKING THE LAW OF GOD OF NO EFFECT. That is antinomianism)
Definition of antinomian: a believer in the doctrine that faith alone, not obedience to the moral law, is necessary for salvation.” Websters New World Dictionary.
Example: Ravi Zacharias
God will not tolerate (unrepentant) lawlessness.