Sunday, March 20, 2011

Grace Achieved By Law...!?


This is an interesting note written by Bertus Oosthuizen in Facebook...


"Jesus is what God believes about us! We do not need to conjure up our own faith when we can have God’s faith; we only need to know what God believes."

This statement appeared on my wall ,that is in my "living room". It is a one way teaching like in a church. I can't comment on it where it originated. Therefore I will politely and respectfully and in sincere love share what is on my mind here in my own "living room" and the living rooms of those who have the courage to be my friends. 

Do I understand this correctly? 

"when we CAN have God's faith "  -  A possibility only 

"we ONLY NEED to know " -  The requirement 

"We do not need to conjure up our own faith" - The dilemma we are in before the possibility can become a reality, when we fulfill the requirement.

This premise and conclusion suggest DIVISION between God and man. A division which can only be crossed by man fulfilling a requirement. 

In this case that requirement is completely out of the reach of any man or woman outside the intimate unity with God. Normally the defense will be, "no it is not meant to be outside the intimate unity with God. I am talking about someone that is in God already through Christ".

If that is true what you say, is it possible that there can exist unfulfilled requirements in the unity you suggest. If your answer is yes, then what will happen if they are not fulfilled by man?  Did Christ deliberately left some of the requirements to be IN Him (God) for man to bring his/her part to fulfill it? 

The moment man is required to do something to bridge an openly stated or subtle implied distance, how small it may seem, between man and God, then it is not Grace, but Grace-achieved-by-law  teaching.

It creates more questions than answers. 

Often the package comes as a "Grace-made-possible-by-subtle- law-requirement-fulfilling, which doesn't make it obvious that Grace and law are mixed.

True Grace can never be a possibility. It is an awesome completely fulfilled Truth that can never be made conditional in any way whatsoever.


I love this statement made by Brother Bertus ~ True Grace can never be a possibility. It is an awesome completely fulfilled Truth that can never be made conditional in any way whatsoever.

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