Are you claiming certain personal sins as God’s will for you?
Confusing grace with inclusivity
Nowadays we have way too many professing “Christians” who are confusing compassion and love for others with God’s marvelous grace. Many are now exchanging His grace for inclusivity.
They claim that God will accept certain sinners – in their sin – because they are exceptionally loving and kind. God, however, allows no sin into Heaven, whatsoever. Love does not win you a ticket to Heaven.
Keeping a sin now, only allows you to take it to Hell with you. That place accepts you totally without any repentance required.
Some door-demon at the entrance to Hell might say, “No repentance? No problem. Welcome home to Hell.
Will God accept you
because you are
exceptionally loving?
The reasoning goes: How could such a loving God of the Bible condemn loving people to Hell?
They now believe
that God is inclusive
to the point of
accepting everyone
who is loving and kind.
Being a nice, loving person
So you say, “Being loving – gets you into Heaven”? Where is this found in Scripture? Well, you are not going to find it there. I’ve never seen that in the Old Testament, nor in the New Testament. “Inclusivity” is not even found in the Bible.
“Being loving” is a form of “works based salvation”. And working it never works.
The problem with that hope-filled belief is that the Bible condemns all of us. All of us are sinners (Isaiah 53:6) in need of a Savior. No exceptions. And “being loving” does not give us entry with The Most Holy.
All of us like sheep have gone astray,
We have turned, each one, to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the wickedness of us all
[our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]
To fall on Him [instead of us]. – Isaiah 53:6
The Good-O-Meter is not used at the entrance to God’s Kingdom
The rest of the story
We are all “made in the image of God”. So there is a lot of that “image” still in us, even as sinners. So we can be very loving and kind, nice. The problem is that no matter how loving you are, THAT does not remove the rest of the story.
The rest of the story is that you are still an unforgiven sinner, even with all your loving ways. We all are sinners. And without your repentance and His forgiveness – you will soon be standing naked before God with all your sinful self – unforgiven. The key is “getting forgiven”.
To accept anything less than “all that Jesus Christ is and does“… is to stop short of getting saved. God requires all, not just pieces of us. Are you holding-back on God? Or: Are you 100% sold-out to the true Jesus? – Believe in the Name of Jesus
You, on your own merit, are not enough, no matter how loving. Nobody is. We are made “enough” in Jesus alone. Not through works. Not by being really really loving and kind.
Such really really winning smiles must get these loving folk in the door of Heaven, right?
“Loving” is not a “saving gospel”. There is no other “saving gospel” but the Gospel of Jesus Christ (1 John 5:12)
The Bible says there is no other gospel that saves us for all eternity – except the original Gospel of the early church apostles. None. “Ninguna”. – Source: There is no other “saving gospel”
See: Galatians 1:6-9
Not a House of Exchange
God does not run a Galactic Pawn Shop. God is not a God of Exchanges, where:
1. FIRST: You act really really loving and kind, and then…
2. THEN: He will exchange your loving-kindnesses for His eternal forgiveness.
God’s “holiness” and His “justice” do not work that way.
The reality of God’s universe is
— it’s not your universe.
It behooves us to seek after God
and get His word on things.
Our thoughts are not His thoughts.
My thoughts
will not be consulted by God
on That Day.
– From: Balancing-out my faith with my practice
After all is said and done and buried, and then — standing before The Great Judge of the Universe, who is going to decide things? Not you. Not me. Only God.
Being a nice loving person is a great thing. But. Being loving does not even come close to gaining acceptance by God. It does not go far enough to merit His limited grace for sinners. And God requires repentance. You must “turn from” all your sin, and “turn to” follow Him and His Way.
Salvation in Christ is not a willy-nilly “free for all” gift bin. You can’t just say “Okay Jesus”, “Sure thing – God”.
The Gospel of Christ is not a “come one, come all” offer by God. You must be born again.
– Source: Limited Grace
Salvation is offered to “whosoever will…”, but the “will” must accept and follow Him – obey His Way, actually do it – do His will. (KJV: Matthew 7:24, Matthew 12:50, Mark 8:34, Luke 6:47, Revelation 22:17)
Wanting it all. Not wanting God enough.
Accepting what God rejects is never a wise move. Like my Dad would say to his snippy little boy, “Who do you think you are!” That’s sort of like a snippet of talk in Hell some may hear someday.
Any sin separates us from His Holiness
God never changes. His Word never changes. Never has. Never will.
And His Word tells us that any sin separates us from His Holiness. Absolutely any sin. And, we all have sin. So, if we are separated from His Holy ways, then our name will never appear in The Book of Life. That is an eternal thing.
What God calls sin… is a long list. Way long…. Our sins are all represented there. Yours and mine (Hebrews 12:1). You’ve got yours, and I’ve got mine. Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are exceptional and have no sin. Sin is the great common denominator of all humankind. 1
He does not single-out anyone to reject. What we’ve got (sin) is all vile to Jesus. Every type of sin, every type of sinner – all falls short of what God requires. Even one sin – condemns us under God’s Holy System of Justice.
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God [that is, His remarkable, overwhelming gift of grace to believers] is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 6:23
It is truly “remarkable, overwhelming” – that God even loves us at all. But He goes further: He loved us “even in our sinfulness” (Romans 5:8).
But there is a step we must make in order to be accepted by God (“saved”): God is asking you to turn away from your sin. If we don’t turn, we will burn, for there is a place He has prepared.
Why on earth will God accept you, a sinner?
Only Jesus Saves Sinners
It is only through Jesus that we are made right with God. Don’t trust the high quality of your lovingness – to get you through a side door of Heaven. There is only one Entrance into the Eternal.
Do you honestly want to know how to get right with God? Jesus promised He would save us for an eternity of only good, nothing bad.
This is what the Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy: Reading the Bible, God’s “sacred writings” – can give you an understanding “that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus“.
We can gain “absolute confidence in His wisdom, power and goodness” by reading what God put together for us in the Bible.
– Source: The Bible is “able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation”
These days, it seems, some sinners feel special, like they are entitled to special privileges somehow. They want in…
- without humbly admitting that they are sinners in need of a Savior
- without agreeing with God about it
- without repenting and turning away from their sin
- without getting born again.
Being in Hell
Nothing special about it. “Sin” does not fit into “holy” where God is. Very simple. God has damned us all to Hell for the weight of it all. After all, He is Holy and we are not.
Yes, His Kingdom is very exclusive. You can’t just waltz on in!
BUT Jesus does save sinners. He can free anyone from His righteous “God Damn”. Alleluja! That is why Jesus was born on earth! The good news from God to us on earth:
Jesus can save your soul for all eternity.
God is a totally holy, holy God. So, to gain entrance into such a holy, holy domain – God’s Home Heaven, one must humbly approach Jesus in prayer. It is a prayer that unlocks an eternity with Him. We must go through Jesus to find the Entrance into the Eternal.
See: How do I get to Heaven? | God is asking you to repent
God forgives all wrongdoings of all repentant sinners, no exception. Alleluja! His salvation is beyond huge.
But His grace is limited. You must repent with sincerity and truth. No half-hearted “sorry Jesus” sorrow-filled prayer can save you.
“…the sorrow of the man who is not a Christian is not the sorrow of true repentance and does not prevent eternal death.”
– 2 Corinthians 7:10
No sin is “special”
You cannot harbor what you may call “special” sin, and just give Jesus bits and pieces of your soul. Won’t work! He demands all your heart be given to Him. We will never bring God into “conformity with [our] will and purpose.” He is asking us to conform to His Way.
“If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just [true to His own nature and promises], and will forgive our sins and cleanse us continually from all unrighteousness [our wrongdoing, everything not in conformity with His will and purpose].”
– 1 John 1:9
See: Approach God with a true and sincere heart
“His grace is free, but His salvation requires our whole heart, not just bits and pieces. Not sinless — but given to Him without reservation. That sounds reasonable to me.
Thank God He did not require a sinless heart. Who on earth would survive God’s condemnation! (Romans 8:1)
You do not have to get sinless to get saved, but God does want a fully committed heart that then grows little by little to be more and more like Christ, less and less sinful. He called us to walk “blameless in His sight” – not to keep a love for the world in our heart. That would be “serving two masters”.
Jesus said only this kind of heart will enter heaven: Luke 10:27
– Source: Exposing a dichotomous heart
From the source: The Gift by His Precious, Undeserved Grace
Oh how marvelous – His grace towards us, sinners all.
See both: Romans 3:23, 1 John 1:9
Romans 3:23 since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God,
1 John 1:9 If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just [true to His own nature and promises], and will forgive our sins and cleanse us continually from all unrighteousness [our wrongdoing, everything not in conformity with His will and purpose].
God is asking you to repent. Accept Him and be born again, be made brand new inside.
When it comes to repentance for salvation – Jesus is all inclusive. He will accept any truly repentant sinner of any vile stripe. You name it, He will forgive. But His is a limited grace. Don’t try to squeeze-by in His courts of justice.
- His grace is limited by time: once your time is up… His grace cannot save you.
- His grace is limited by your heart: if your heart does not let you repent and turn to Him… His grace will not impose itself.
– From the source: The Gift by His Precious, Undeserved Grace
– Source: God forgives sins by His Holy Holy Justice
His holy system of justice demanded holy justice. So He Himself went to the cross – because no other was holy. He was our holy substitute, hanging in our place on a wicked, wicked cross beside two wicked criminals. That was no ordinary death He died. He planned it, made it happen, and actually did it Himself – with a purpose: to save us from His Holy Holy Justice.
Fear this: If you enter 2 into His Kingdom Courts of Justice – without the covering of His death on that cross, you will be damned for all eternity. God is a damning God. But be happy in this: if you forsake your own wimpy way 3 – He will, by His Almighty power… declare you free, free indeed.
If we come to Him and sincerely admit, “O God I am a sinner…” — He then:
will forgive our sins
and cleanse us continually
– Source: God forgives sins by His Holy Holy Justice
FOR MORE:
Nowadays we have way too many professing “Christians” who are confusing compassion and love for others with God’s marvelous grace. Many are now exchanging His grace for inclusivity. They claim that God will accept certain sinners – in their sin – because they are exceptionally loving and kind. Is that biblical? Will God accept you because you are exceptionally loving?
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Jesus said, “Good answer! Do it and you’ll live.”
But the [Holy] Spirit explicitly and unmistakably declares that in later times some will turn away from the faith, paying attention instead to deceitful and seductive spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 [misled] by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared as with a branding iron [leaving them incapable of ethical functioning]” – 1 Timothy 4:1-2
So, God sent His Son into the world. Do you know why?
Why on earth will God accept you, a sinner?
Flesh and blood absolutely cannot inherit the Kingdom of God
Getting to Heaven is not a religious thing
Jesus brings us to Creator God
Heaven. What’s it going to be like?
God forgives all wrongdoings of all repentant sinners, no exception
The Kingdom of God is very exclusive, very luxurious, very special
The Inclusive Yet Exclusive Salvation of Jesus
Freed from a righteous “God Damn”
Passing on through to the other side
God never changes. Never has. Never will.
Forever forgiving, for God’s sake!
Hating is life changing – eternal life changing. Scary thought.
Hate is “eternal-life-changing”: 1 John 4:20; Luke 6:27; 1 John 2:9; 1 John 2:11
God eventually gives you a free rein
Who in Hell Do You Think You Are?
“If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just [true to His own nature and promises], and will forgive our sins and cleanse us continually from all unrighteousness [our wrongdoing, everything not in conformity with His will and purpose].” – 1 John 1:9
Footnotes
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Mirriam Webster: denominator
a. a shared trait
“common denominator” - (and you know?… we all will, eventually)
- …”wimpy” as in – far, far from God’s powerful way….
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