https://www.facebook.com/sing.f.lau/posts/10215535140267106
January
24, 2020
#FREE_FREE_or_FAKE_FREE
I
received a private message:
"Please
visit my page (Only One Truth) and read my 01/20-21 post... "Eternal
Salvation: Free Free or Fake Free?")..."
I
visited and left a few comments... but noticed that some were censored. So, I
deleted the others too.
The
post is captured in the picture below.
The
author is wrestling with the glaring inconsistency that should be obvious to
every sound-minded Christian with some common sense. The author, though trying
to wrestle free from such inconsistency, is still stuck with it without knowing
it. I tried to show him how to be consistent and to be "truly free"
indeed and not just "fake free" in sound-byte only, but he baulked
and censored my comments.
He
has started well; to be aware of the glaring inconsistency is a good start
toward a perfectly consistent understanding of the issue. But he has baulked...
The
simple answer lies in the distinction between eternal salvation and temporal
salvation, and the five distinct facets of salvation.
His
idea of FREE FREE eternal salvation is still embroiled with man's role in
obtaining it. In his words, "... in
order to obtain this “free gift” of [eternal] salvation…a person needs
simply…to depend on, or to rely upon, Jesus Christ..." That is exactly
what multitudes of preachers DO teach.
I
pointed out that his idea of FREE FREE eternal salvation IS STILL conditioned
upon the simple activities of a man depending on or relying upon Jesus Christ;
it is still FAKE FREE! It's a classic case of the porky calling cattle beast. 😉
I
said the simple truth is that only a man to whom God has ALREADY FREELY
bestowed eternal salvation is capable of those simple activities he
mentioned... he went ballistic!
May
the inconsistency he sees continue to haunt him until the right dividing the
word of truth deliver him! Amen. (I
suffered the nightmare of seeing inconsistencies for several years before the
Lord converted me to the truth about 18 years ago, 20 years after being a
Reformed Baptist!) Multitudes are oblivious to the glaring inconsistency!
Others call it "blessed inconsistency" of the gospel of Jesus Christ
- what blasphemy!
2Ti 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word
of truth."
Sing
F Lau
"An
offer of salvation..."
=====
To
whom offered? Obviously to those without the salvation that is offered. Those
without salvation are dead in trespasses and sins. To offer salvation to such
is at best superstitious, at better, it is stupid!
How is it possible to reconcile the idea of an offer of salvation, however sincere and persuasive, to those dead in trespasses and sins?
Sing
F Lau
The
is NO offer, much less a free offer in John 3:14-16!
It
is a statement on the greatness of the love of God.
https://things-new-and-old.blogspot.com/2008/02/john-316-how-did-god-so-love.html
John
3:16 - How did God so love?
Sing
F Lau
Thomas,
I was waiting for others to show you your own inconsistency but none is
forthcoming. Maybe they perceive the futility of attempting; since you fail to
see your obvious inconsistency I have pointed out to you.
It
is commendable that you see the glaring inconsistencies in others; it is sad
that you fail to see a similar inconsistency in your own understanding.
Explaining further would be futile.
