PERVERTED GRACE
By: Randy Kea
“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jude 3-4
The above passage clearly indicates that, even in the first century, God’s amazing grace was being perverted. Perversion of grace continues yet today.
1. It is perversion of grace to teach that you cannot fall from grace (Hebrews 12:15; II Peter 3:17; I Corinthians 10:12; Galatians 5:4; II Peter 2:20-22).
2. It is perversion of grace to teach that we are saved by grace alone. If this were true, all would be saved. This, the word of God clearly denies (Titus 2:11; Hebrews 2:9; Matthew 7:13-14; II Corinthians 6:1). We must respond in the proper positive way to God’s grace (Acts 2:38-41; Matthew 7:21; Romans 6:16-17).
3. It is perversion of grace to teach that we are under grace and there is no law whatsoever. The books of Romans and Galatians exclude the law of Moses, not the law of Christ (Romans 6:14; 7:4; 8:2; Galatians 5:18; 6:2). We are under the law of Christ today (I Corinthians 9:21)
“Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid”. Romans 6:1-2