I'm going to leave this particular blog open for a discussion because I like to know what other people think about things. I must also warn you that there will be some super mature subject matters mentioned and if you feel uncomfortable discussing it, you may stop reading at any time.
The other day, I got super bothered by a Facebook friend that a mutual friend suggested that I add. She described him as a "holy-spirit filled, on fire Christian"...I don't always trust her judgment but I figured it wouldn't hurt to be Facebook friends with somebody. I'm sure she had ulterior motives but whatever. I had been semi-bothered by things that he posted on Facebook before but I just ignored it...but then the other day, I read this note by him and immediately deleted him. He was talking about legalism and how he used to be legalistic. Nothing wrong with that...very common subject matter for Christians to write about anymore...then he started to write about sexuality and how he used to try and avoid pornography and masturbation and whatever...WHOA. This is not okay. There is a fine line between not being legalistic and being completely irreverent. One, scripture says lusting in your heart is adultery. Two, people are not to be looked at as objects. I would say women but I feel like in modern times, many women are addicted to pornography. Do you guys find this anti-legalism movement as harmful to Christians as I do? (I mean this particular one, not anti-legalism in general)
I feel like if someone enters into the faith via this movement, they will not know God for who He is but worship their newfound 'freedom' (which isn't really free because they're still stuck in bondage)
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There is such thing as frustrating the grace of God. Many people think that Jesus came to abolish the law, but he came to fulfill the law. Jesus fulfilled sacrificial law, yet we are still to obey Gods moral law, yet with the idea of no condemnation and forgiveness of sins, by the blood of Jesus, something that is more valuable than anything in exsistance now and forever.
If someone truly loved the LORD with all their heart soul and body, they would not trample the blood of Jesus underfoot.
Hebrews 6:4-6 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, (5) And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, (6) If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Galatians 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Good stuff! I've never actually heard the term "frustrating the grace of God" before but I feel like that is a good summary statement for what I'm thinking about right now. It's almost like people don't want to change when they get saved. It's just doing the same old things that they used to but putting the name of God on it. I believe that God is a life-changing God, the Almighty...not a doormat to be walked on.
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