Let me start this out by saying that this idea that there’s a group of people running around telling others that it’s okay to sin is ridiculous! The worst years of my life were spent as a Christian stuck in sin, taught by my leaders that I was prone to live that way until I died. I would never even think of giving Christians a reason to live that hell I escaped. This is such an insulting accusation, and the people making these claims have no evidence of it. If anything is a license to sin, it’s the popular idea that it’s your nature to do it. The grace message , on the other hand, teaches that the sinful nature was removed and you are now free to live a life of righteousness and purity away from the burden of force and obligation. After spending four years among the “grace movement,” and countless hours talking to people, reading their Facebook posts, watching their YouTube videos, and scrolling their blogs, I’ve never once seen or heard a single person say it’s okay to sin because we have grace. Yet, opponents of “hyper-grace” throw this accusation around as if there are thousands of people saying these kinds of things, when nobody is at all! There are numerous people within the “grace camp” whose interpretations of grace I disagree with, but even still , not even they are saying such silly things as many leaders (and now their followers) are claiming . If there is anyone doing that as blatantly as people are making it seem, then their voice hasn’t ever become big enough to be noticed or spread. Besides that, if it had, I guarantee you that a lot of people in the “grace camp” wouldn’t have hesitated to voice their disagreements. Many of us have been lifelong Christians who spent most of our Christian lives trapped in sin we didn’t want to do. We were miserable and hated our lives . The message of Grace and God’s absolute kindness and happiness with us is what set us free. It didn’t make us want to look for excuses to continue in that hell we were in, but it empowered us to leave. Silva, D. R. (2014-01-18). Hyper-Grace: The Dangerous Doctrine of a Happy God (Kindle Locations 187-190). Up-Arrow Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 16:40:54 +0000
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