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To: WriteOn
I would argue that lordship theology does not have to be works based. What it requires of the believer is that they follow God's commandments. It also, to my way of thinking, requires that we admit our sin and ask for forgiveness.

Personally, I have seen what Free Grace Theology can do to it's believers. Once you accept the idea that you can do whatever you want, no matter the consequences, and it will not affect your salvation, you have no reason to follow the laws.

It is my opinion that neither thology outlined in the article is accurate.

For many in the Free Grace camp, they have taken the idea to an extream. This is, of course, known as "cheap grace". They will knowingly commit a wrong, because they have remembered that God will forgive them as long as they ask. Unfortunately, I feel that these people are doomed for 2 reasons. First, one must be sincere in their faith and prayers for forgiveness. These people are not sincere.

Secondly, they often did not truly as Christ in to their heart. It isn't enough to recite a prayer, you have to truly mean it. In Romans 6, Paul wrote:

1: What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?
2: By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

If their salvation is legitimate, they can not knowingly live in sin.

The Lordship Grace people are often in the right track, but they confuse works with faith. I believe that works are an offshoot of our salvation, not a cause of it. We perform these tasks because it is the right thing to do, not in hopes of rewards on earth or in heaven.

Like most things, the problems with these two philosophies come from those who take them to an extreme.
8 posted on 11/22/2002 11:12:49 AM PST by sharktrager
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It isn't enough to recite a prayer, you have to truly mean it. ~ sharktrager

Woody.
14 posted on 11/22/2002 12:27:01 PM PST by CCWoody
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