The Lord allows a certain amount of leeway in a Christian’s life to learn by experience. That has been my frequent observation. Authoritarian denominations are like this: you have to get it ALL right, the way WE deem it, NOW, or by George you are only anathema.
In which begs the question then ?
If we were to be made to get it all right ?
Why then ?
Does the bible tell us that when we were dead in our tresspasses, enemies of God,
that ?
God sent his son to save us ?
Surely is wasn’t our sins, and our lack of performance that would have, or could have kept God’s grace, God’s love, God’s salvation from us ?
In spite of our sins, in spite of our trespasses,
Not that we loved God, for we were the enemies of God,
But GOD !
Who is rich in mercy showed his love towards us in that ?
He sent his son TO BE the propitiation of our sins.
It had nothing to do with any inherent so called “ goodness “ on our part, for we were already dead in our trespasses and sins.
The crux, the meat of the gospel, is ?
We are sinners,
Dead spiritually,
Separated from God,
Alienated from God,
Condemned already without Christ,
Powerless to save ourselves,
Needed a savoir to save us,
And even though we were enemies of God and never seeked after him ?
God in his mercy and grace came to seek those that were lost and saved them in Jesus Christ.
The “ Tares “ ... The “ Goats “ i.e. Satyrs .,. The Nephellium, are those who will be on the left side who rejected God’s Salvation in Jesus Christ by his Grace and trust in their own works and their own self righteousness.
They are the tares among the wheat.
For the Lord knows those who are his.