FALSE GRACE

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FALSE GRACE

• This is the true grace of God in which you
  stand (1 Peter 512)

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Grace is Available Outsidethe Church

• Grace available to non-Christian religious
  people and non-church-going believers

• I believe that all in Christ only is mankind
  saved, specifically in the death and resurrection
  of Christ, I believe that Christs blood saves
  all men. That is not to say that I believe that
  all those religious people of the world who do
  not appreciate Christs sacrifice, are doomed to
  destruction. God can save these people by the
  blood of Christ and His own grace. At least, that
  is what I hope God will do on the day of
  judgment
• (David Mathews, Berean Spirit List, April 3, 2002)

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Grace is Available Outsidethe Church

• Grace available to non-Christian religious
  people and non-church-going believers
• Same as saying grace is available outside of
  Christ (Eph. 12-23 44 523)
• Cannot separate grace in Christ from one body
  church (Eph. 17, 23)
• Unsaved still under judgment of God need the
  grace of God (Rom. 323 52)

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Grace is Obtained by Faith Only

• Grace is obtained by believing without any works
  of obedience unto salvation

• Justification is an act of Gods free grace unto
  sinners, in which he pardoneth all their sins,
  accepteth and accounteth their persons righteous
  in his sight not for any thing wrought in them,
  or done by them, but only for the perfect
  obedience and full satisfaction of Christ, by God
  imputed to them, and received by faith alone
• (Westminster Confession of Faith, p. 163)

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Grace is Obtained by Faith Only

• Grace is obtained by believing without any works
  of obedience unto salvation
• Grace accessed by faith, but faith includes
  obedience to Gods conditions (Rom. 324
  617-18 Jas. 224)
• A condition of obedience repentance, baptism
  does not change the offer and gift of Gods grace
  (2 Kgs. 510-14)

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Grace is Received Miraculously

• Grace comes in a mysterious, irresistible,
  better-felt-than-told manner elect receive it
  whether they want it or not

• Godsends His Holy Spirit to cause them to
  accept the sacrifice that Christ has made for
  them. All that irresistible grace means is that
  God sends His Holy Spirit to work in the lives of
  people so that they will definitely be changed
  from evil to good people. It means that the Holy
  Spirit will certainly without any ands, ifs
  and buts cause everyone whom God has chosen
  from eternity and for whom Christ died to believe
  on Jesus
• (Edwin H. Palmer, The Five Points of Calvinism,
  pp. 57-58)

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Grace is Received Miraculously

• Grace comes in a mysterious, irresistible,
  better-felt-than-told manner elect receive it
  whether they want it or not
• Calvinism
• Total inherited depravity
• Unconditional election
• Limited atonement
• Irresistible Grace
• Perseverance of the saints

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Grace is Received Miraculously

• Denies all mens choice to respond to Gods grace
  taught in gospel (Col. 15-6)
• Gods grace is extended to all men in Christ, but
  the truth can be resisted by those who refuse to
  believe and obey (1 Tim. 38 2 Thess. 18)

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When under Grace, not Responsible to Pattern of
Law

• No pattern of truth to follow to be in fellowship
  with God unity-in-diversity

• One may be wrong about many things, as all of us
  are, but if he is right about Jesus, the grace of
  God can be exercised in his behalf. On the other
  hand, one may be right about many things, but if
  he is wrong about Jesus, nothing avails
• (W. Carl Ketcherside, Mission Messenger, April
  1960, p. 13)

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When under Grace, not Responsible to Pattern of
Law

• No pattern of truth to follow to be in fellowship
  with God unity-in-diversity

• The apostolic epistles are not a pattern or
  blueprint. They were never intended to be. There
  is a difference between a love letter and a
  blueprint. One may contain advice but the other
  sets forth specifications
• (W. Carl Ketcherside, The Twisted Scriptures, p.
  170)

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When under Grace, not Responsible to Pattern of
Law

• No pattern of truth to follow to be in fellowship
  with God unity-in-diversity
• Not under system of law-salvation, but we are
  responsible to obey the law doctrine, pattern
  of Christ (Rom. 614-18 1 Cor. 921 Gal. 62)

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Once in Grace, Always in Grace

• Once one enjoys the blessings of Gods grace, he
  cannot fall from this grace

• They whom God hath accepted in his Beloved,
  effectually called and sanctified by his Spirit,
  can neither totally nor finally fall away from
  the state of grace but shall certainly persevere
  therein to the end, and be eternally saved
• (Westminster Confession of Faith, p. 73)

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Once in Grace, Always in Grace

• Once one enjoys the blessings of Gods grace, he
  cannot fall from this grace
• One who is saved can fall from grace (Gal. 54
  Heb. 1215 312)

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Sins are AutomaticallyCovered by Grace

• Sins are covered unconditionally by the grace of
  God automatically forgiven

• Although sanctification be inseparably joined
  with justification, yet they differ, in that God
  in justification imputeth the righteousness of
  Christ in sanctification his Spirit infuseth
  grace, and enableth to the exercise thereof in
  the former, sin is pardoned in the other, it is
  subdued the one doth equally free all believers
  from the revenging wrath of God, and that
  perfectly in this life, that they never fall into
  condemnation the other is neither equal in all,
  nor in this life perfect in any, but growing up
  to perfection
• (Westminster Confession of Faith, p. 73)

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Sins are AutomaticallyCovered by Grace

• Sins are covered unconditionally by the grace of
  God automatically forgiven

• To fail to obey Jesus through ignorance, or
  through weakness, does not place the Christian
  under condemnation, for he is under grace, and
  not under law
• (from The Lord Our Righteousness, quoted in the
  Gospel Guardian by Edward Fudge, August 3, 1972,
  which is quoted in Neo-Calvinism in the Church of
  Christ, ed. Tom Roberts, pp. 45-46)

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Sins are AutomaticallyCovered by Grace

• Sins are covered unconditionally by the grace of
  God automatically forgiven

• The Scriptures teach that the Christian who
  lives with a penitent attitude before God
  benefits from the blood of Christ even as he
  sins for if he walks in the light, the blood of
  Christ cleanses him from all sins
• (proposition in the Chappelear-Welch Debate,
  Indianapolis, IN, April 12-16, 1984)

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Sins are AutomaticallyCovered by Grace

• Sins are covered unconditionally by the grace of
  God automatically forgiven

• Likewise the blood of Christ is ever present to
  cleanse away the mistakes and incidental sins
  that a true Christian does. Hence if a man is a
  worker in the Lords vineyard and his life as a
  whole is one of obedience to the law of Christ,
  he does not need to worry about the mistakes he
  might make which he does not realize, for the
  blood of Christ will take care of it and wash
  them away
• (E. M. Zerr, Bible Commentary, Vol. 6, p. 279,
  commenting on 1 John 17)

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Sins are AutomaticallyCovered by Grace

• Sins are covered unconditionally by the grace of
  God automatically forgiven
• Grace is no license to excuse or continue in sin
  (Rom. 515-62)
• Forgiveness is conditioned on walking in the
  light (1 Jn. 17-9)
• Must repent and confess sin to find grace to
  help in time of need (Heb. 416)

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