I NEED TO GET TO DALLAS!!!

Conferance is paid for...I just need to get there. I will squat on the street if I have to!!

Grace Doctrine....Sometimes A Bunk Doctrine!!!

So here it is folks....I am going to do my best to get my thoughts out with scripture to back it up so be patient. If you disagree with me that fine, disagree with me!!

Here is what is going on inside me right now. I feel that there are people teaching Grace and Love (which are wicked important to our salvation) but are fogetting about faith and forgiveness. I undersatnd we do not want to push people away but want to draw them in towards the kingdom but this is where my issues come into play. We can not use GRACE as a crutch to live in sin and be a Christian under our own rules.

IT IS BY FAITH WE ARE SAVED....

Romans 3:21-31 goes into the fact that it is by faith we are saved. "(v.22)The Righteousness of from GOD comes through FAITH in Jesus Christ to all who beleive." It goes on to talk about we all have sinned (which I do not deny that that I am as much a sinner as anyone) and fallen short of the glory of God.

Ephesians 2:1-10 puts it quite plainly that yes it is by Grace we have been saved. But what I see happening is that people are forgetting the importance of (v.8 and v.9)For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— (v.9)not by works, so that no one can boast.

Romans 5:1,2 "Therefore since we have been justified through FAITH we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace we now stand."

Mark 1:15 says what I am trying to say "The time has come" He said "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and beleive the good news". This is from Jesus himself...A call to not only repentance but Faith.

I guess what I am trying to say is this....YOU CAN NOT LIVE ON GRACE ALONE. We mus live in faith that is why it says "By Grace we are saved through faith".

Salvation means coming to a place of repentance....Grace means living by faith....and being a Christian means having a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Please do not get my wrong....Jesus had the right idea...Love your neighbor as yourself....Love the sinner and hate the sin (1 John 4:8-9). But if we are not also teaching Faith and Repentance we are not giving people the whole truth.