A refutation of lazy Christianity – July 17, 2019
Frequent is the argument made by Protestants that nothing is required of us, that our salvation is assured, and is a free gift of God. It is an extremism of Lutheranism stemming from the argument that we cannot earn our salvation, that we cannot work our way into heaven as the Pharisees tried to do. It is a generational perversion of what the reformers taught.
Many argue as follows:
“I do good works because I’m already saved. I also do good works so that others can see Christ through me and hopefully find Him. I do not do good works in order to be saved. I have already received it.”
These are the same people that also argue a salvation that cannot be lost. Yet, by that logic of argument, if you say one stops doing good works, then they are no longer saved. That is the logical conclusion. It is an asinine and contradictory argument.
It’s a garbage theology and understanding of the free gift of grace.
We repent, and that confession is the salve that brings healing to our wounds of sin. We are healed. That healing is the free gift of God, provided by the sacrifice of God the Son on the Cross, which was also freely given. Yet, for us to stand with God? We must walk in Godliness before we ever stand with God. We are freely healed, but unless we walk in Godliness afterwards, what good is being healed if you will just wound yourself again by the same means as before?
The Church is the Hospital for our souls. Yet, if you do not abide by the prescription given, how can you be healed? If you do not reach out to take what is given, how can you receive?
You can put gas in the car, but it does not drive itself.
Why would we be exhorted to work out our faith with fear and trembling if we already have what we came for? Why would we be exhorted to finish the race if we have already received the prize? No, it is foolishness to believe as they do. Theirs is an idea that came out of a broken and fractured Christianity. They have no understanding of the Church, which is evident by their poor understanding of theology.
