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| The ultimate liberation... is NOT to be found in the grace OFFERED; it is found in the salvation freely APPLIED personally to those in their ultimate bondage. |
April 18, 2020
#That_Pernicious_Offer
A friend shared this; I took a
screenshot.
The post has been "Loved" and
"Liked" 114 times, and "Shared" 33 times. The single solitary
comment was left by me; "Grace offered? Offered to whom?"
"...The ultimate liberation... is only to be found... in the grace OFFERED... in the gospel of Jesus
Christ."
The momentous subject - expressed in
terms of its ultimacy, (the best and imaginable of its kind) and the
exclusivity (solely, alone, none besides) - demands our utmost attention.
Think with me a bit:
The ultimate liberation is probably the
liberation from the power and bondage to sin and death and the lake of fire.
- John 8:36 "therefore if the Son shall make
you free, ye shall be free indeed."
- Gal 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in
the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with
the yoke of bondage."
- Heb 2:15 "And deliver them who
through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage."
The ultimate liberation is to be
found ONLY in Christ, and The ultimate liberation only to be found in the grace
(OFFERED... in the gospel of Jesus Christ) are two vastly different ideas; the
former is the truth, the latter is a fable.
Assuming that the ultimate liberation
is indeed found only in the grace offered in the gospel of Jesus Christ, please
tell:
- how do you offer this ultimate
liberation to those without it, i.e. those still in ultimate bondage, still under the power of sin and death? How is it
offered to such?
- how do you expect them, who are still in ultimate bondage, to respond to
the ultimate liberation offered to them? What condition must they meet so that the ultimate liberation might become theirs?
Grace offered is grace conditioned upon
the acceptance of what is offered; grace that is conditioned upon some
activities of man is no more grace; offer and acceptance are two sides of the
same coin.
The ultimate liberation secured and
accomplished by the Lord Jesus Christ is freely and sovereignly applied to each
elect, while still in his native state of sin and death, thus bringing him out
of his native state of sin and death to that of grace and salvation in Christ
Jesus.
The ultimate liberation is NOT offered
to him; offering the ultimate liberation to one dead in trespasses and sins and
expecting the offer to be accepted is the height of madness and foolishness.
Grace offered is grace repudiated and
denied; it's oxymoronic.
The ultimate liberation is FREELY and SOVEREIGNLY APPLIED to those who are in their native state of sin and death, who are completely unable to respond to the grace offered! Offering the ultimate liberation to one dead in trespasses and sins and expecting the offer to be accepted is the height of madness and foolishness.
Is anyone offering COVID-19 vaccine to
those in the mortuaries, ravaged by the virus?
