.......giving them the ability to sin willfully, without consequences.
I don’t teach this and I don’t know anybody that does.....
The “ SMALLEST” of sins has “ consequences”..... Bad ones...
Willful Sins ? They also have “ consequences”.....VERY Bad ones.....
If my youngsters do wrong unknowingly or accidentally , the discipline —- the Chastizement— is going to be negligible , if at all...
If my youngsters do wrong knowingly, intentional and WILLFULLY —- the Chastisement will be Severe!
That’s also how it works with God....
If you Sin Willfully as a CHILD of GOD ....God will put Blisters on your rear-end , But you are STILL His CHILD....still Saved...
This is True because God made a Promise that if you Believe the Gospel, Turning to Him with Faith in His Son....He will SAVE YOU TO THE UTTERMOST ! God will not be happy with you....he will not bless you, he won’t respond to your prayers, and you will lose the “Joy” of your Salvation , like David did.....But you will KEEP your Salvation....like David did ....why did he not lose “His” Salvation when he Willfully Sinned with his Adultery and Murder? Simple .He had Faith in God . He looked “forward” to the Cross for his Salvation just like we look “back” to the Cross for ours.....
Job is the oldest Book Of The Bible.... he lived way before David did yet he knew that “ his Redeemer liveth” .....
Faith in the Redeemer....it Saved then and it will Save now
I think I kinda got off the path with my answer .....who cares....lol.....I got some good teaching out there .....of course, many here are “ above “ being taught . Especially for a guy like myself that some think is headed for Hell like a Speeding Bullet ....
We’ll see, won’t we ?