Charles Spurgeon on Antinomianism:
From his autobiography, vol. 1, "The Early Years"
(Banner of Truth) pgs. 224, 225.
"...From my very soul, I detest everything that in the
least savors of the antinomianism which leads people to preach about being
secure in Christ while they are living in sin.
We cannot be saved by or for our
good works, neither can we be saved without good works. Christ never will save
any of his people in their sins: He save His people from their sins. If a man
is not desiring to live a holy life in the sight of God, with the help of the
Holy Spirit, he is still 'in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of
iniquity.'"
"... The idea of 'saving faith' apart from good works,
is ridiculous. The saved man is not a perfect man, but his heart's desire is to
become perfect, he is always panting after perfection, and the day will come
when he will be perfected..."
"One of the first evidences that anyone is a child of
God is that he hates sin with the perfect hatred, and seeks to live a holy,
Christlike life."
God have mercy upon the Christians that are not walking the walk...after Jesus gave us His all~
ReplyDeleteI believe that James 2 addresses this issue well. I think about the damage done by some of the famed evangelists and icons preaching salvation solely based on faith whose falls might have severely shaken the beliefs of their most avid followers. Followers of Christ have been given a bad name by the actions of a few highly visible proclaimers of the Gospel.
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