My friend just sent me this video and wanted to know what I thought about it.

My response was so long, I figured I’d post it here.

First off, I see Young Don got rid of the soundboard. Lol.

The first point he makes against Free Grace theology is both right and wrong. He’s right that it makes no sense to believe that being a born again Christian doesn’t change how that Christian believes/behaves/thinks/etc. (Which, I’ve never heard anyone say, ever, but I’ll go ahead and address it anyway.) But to say that people don’t sin after they become a true believer is just as nonsensical.

“You can be a born again Christian, and renounce the faith and live and die as an atheist who blasphemes God and still inherit the kingdom of God.” (Again, I personally have never heard anyone say this (not saying people don’t say these things, but it’s not as common as these blanket statements make them out to be) but regardless…) We CAN lose our salvation, that’s why we humble ourselves and ask God to forgive us.

His reference of 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 is saying that people who, not only practice these sins, but put these sins ABOVE God more often than BELOW God, will not inherit the kingdom of heaven. Once these sinners humble themselves and not only ask for forgiveness, but become distraught that they even thought of performing these actions, God no longer has the sin(s) that they’ve repented for on the table to judge them for when they die. The Spirit does not remove the ability to sin, but its more like Detective Vision in the Arkham games. It causes you to see both sin and good differently than you used to, highlighted like the bright blue and orange Two-Face thugs in contrast to the dark background environment of the Solomon Wayne Courthouse.

After his reference to 1 John 3:7-9, I do actually agree with most everything that he says. Where my and his theology split (which he never strictly addresses, but how he’s speaking about it tells me what he believes on this point) is that I believe that God meets us where we’re at. For example, as devout as I am, I’m not baptized. I should want to be baptized, I should do what I can to fight whatever fleshly ideas against baptism that I have. But in this chapter of my life, that’s a fleshly thing that I hold onto. But to say that even though the Spirit is working in my life in other areas, I’m not truly a believer in God is wrong. God meets me in the middle and is working on me everyday, in that area especially.