Barrd
His Humble Servant
And that is why I say you are eloquent, beloved brother.brakelite said:i will add...there are charges made against non-osas that we believe that those who do advocate osas also advocate that osas gives license to sin. That is not necessarily true. I have read from you fellas that you do not advocate any license to sin, and I believe you. After all, who am I that I should call you liars? However, what you do say is the following, although perhaps in not like words....
it does not matter if a Christian transgresses God's laws...he will go to heaven regardless....now irrespective of the reasons for taking that stance, (the law nailed to the cross...a Christian cannot sin etc etc) the result of anyone hearing that teaching will inevitably lead to a reduction in their abhorrence of sin. I cannot support any idea that God would sanction such a doctrine, nor allow such a doctrine to become a reality or truth, for it was sin that cost Him the life of His Son. It was sin that divided heaven. It was sin that brought death, suffering, pain, illness, and all manner of violence and corruption to the world that prompted Him to destroy all of it in a flood. It was sin that brought the downfall of humanity after the flood. It was sin that inspired man to believe that without God and without obedience, he could attain to salvation and immortality. And it is sin today that will be the ultimate cause for the final destruction of the wicked when Christ returns. It is this final destruction that God Himself calls, His strange act. Throughout history God's heartfelt yearning has been to dwell in our midst. It is sin however that has been constantly thwarting that plan, for sin separates us from God...not by forcing God away from us, but by our own choosing we are , through our transgression, deciding on a different master. And God despises and abhors anything that would tend to diminish, lessen, or reduce the hatred of sin that He would seek to implant in the lives, hearts, and minds of those He seeks to save.
The doctrine of osas works against God's will for His people. For the very reason that in many it would tend to lessen any desire to forsake it, and thus lessen the desire for the righteousness for God, would be why God has not made it possible or even viable that any can be saved whilst cherishing any known sin. To cherish sin...to not allow God to wholly sanctify the heart...to willingly continue to deliberately imbibe in any transgression against any of God's commandments, is a fruitage of a life that loves self or pleasure or this world greater than God.
1Jo 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
I couldn't have put it better.
The OSAS doctrine naturally works against God's will for us, and that is enough reason to deny it.