One)  The Gospel of Christ’s objective is to bring people back under God’s authority.

Mankind fell through refusal to be subject to God’s authority.  Since all have sinned, we need both an atonement for our sins and we need to turn from sin to be subject to God’s authority through Christ.  

Revelation 14:6-7: “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.”

Two)  Free does not mean unconditional.

A school may graciously offer a free education to a potential student at the school’s expense- but that does not mean the potential student does not need to meet the rules and expectations of the school.  Christian baptism is supposed to be a true declaration that one has renounced their sinful ways and has turned to be led and taught by Christ the Great King.

Three)  The doctrine of the righteousness of Christ being imputed to the Christian is a lie from the pit of hell. 

When the Bible speaks about God imputing righteousness, it is speaking about Christ’s blood atonement being applied to an individual.  The atonement being applied is not Jesus’ own personal righteousness.  It was Jesus’ own personal righteousness which made Him eligible to die an atoning death for mankind so that atonement through His blood could be offered to the world.  That atonement is only applied to individuals who exercise a living faith in Him.

Four)  There is free-will after a genuine conversion to Christ as well as beforehand.

The warnings given in the Bible to Christians about their danger of departing from the Lord by becoming hardened in sin, and the certain damnation of those who do so, are straightforward and manifold.

Five)  Ultimate salvation is at the end of the narrow way to life; not at the beginning.  

To think that anyone’s salvation is already certain in the sense of being guaranteed to happen at the end is wrong.  Matthew 24:9-13, Revelation chapters 2 and 3, and many other Scriptures prove this.

Six)  Christians are under God’s moral law as their required guide to acceptable faith in Christ.

One cannot cannot come to Jesus acceptably nor abide in Him properly who is not in agreement with His law and submitted to its moral requirements as a guide to their faith.  Jesus upholds the righteousness of God’s law and hates transgression of it (Hebrews 1:8–9).  He expects us to walk in agreement with Him or we are liars if we claim to know Him (see Amos 3:3 and 1 John 2:3-6).

Seven)  Those who practice lawlessness in God’s eyes are enemies of Christ- even if they honor Him with their lips.

We see by Matthew 13:36-43, and how Jesus explained the parable of the wheat and the tares there, that the wheat stemmed from good seed sown by God while the tares stemmed from bad seed sown by the devil.  The tares correspond to those who work lawlessness in God’s eyes.  These will be into a furnace of fire at the end of this world.   

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