Authors: Bobby Holmes and Mark Roberts
I. Error
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- 1. “Some sins don’t separate us from God. Christ’s blood automatically covers sins of ignorance or inadvertence.
- 1. 1 John 1:7-9; 5:16-17
2. Romans 4:8
3. 2 Corinthians 5:19- 1. Using a hypothetical situation to make you play God.
2. “A man is a faithful saint for 50 years, gets splashed by mud on the street one day, curses, and then is hit by a bus. Will he be lost or saved?”
3. Don’t play God! Clemency is up to the Judge. All we can do is quote the law!
A. Neo-Calvinists say:B. Passages Misused:
C. Favorite Tactic:
II. Truth
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- a) we walk “as He is in the light” (1 John 1:7)
b) did Jesus sin when He walked? Neither can we!- a) such is impossible – 1 John 1:5
- a) just compare your life to the record left by the Holy Spirit and see if you measure up – Romans 8:16
- a) all questions such as, “Do you know everything?” are just a smoke screen to cast doubt in one’s mind.
b) we may not know everything about everything, but does that mean we know nothing about anything? Hardly!
c) we know what we must do to be saved and to continue in the light — be assured in the practice of that knowledge!- a) Luke 18:13-14
b) if Jesus says the man “went down to his house justified” after confessing general sin then who can disagree?
1. Walking in the light does not allow for sin2. Every sin separates man from God, or else God would be in fellowship with sin.
3. Assurance is possible:
4. We can know the truth, and thus be free – John 8:32
5. Specific confessing of every single sin is not a part of this position
- 1. If one man can be saved with unrepented sin in his life, then why can’t we all be saved that way?
2. Could a man be an ignorant adulterer? An inadvertent liar?
3. Which sins can man commit and not be lost? List please! -
A. Walking in the light gives assurance, when properly understoodB. Questions for the Neo-Calvinists:
