Mr. Potts,

I noticed you concluded your last reply to me with a quote from Matthew 5:10-12 which speaks about being persecuted for righteousness sake. You even highlighted part of that quote.

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Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”
Don't go getting a martyr complex on me now. Just because I'm refuting your errors doesn't mean I'm persecuting you. Unless you choose to take it that way. I've only been trying to point out what the rest of Scripture has to say on this topic since you choose to exclude verses that disagree with your position. I sincerely hope that the Spirit of the Lord enables you to see this. Finally, I will conclude my thoughts to you with those in my previous message that you haven't responded to in your last reply.

I have pointed out in my previous replies to you and Mark faith doesn’t make the law void, rather it establishes it. The law is summarized by loving God and your neighbor. May I remind you that God gave the law to His covenant people who He already had been delivered out of bondage. The law reveals the character of God and His will for His people. It is not nor ever has been a means of justification. What seems to be missing in your theology is a clear definition of sanctification. When the Lord tells us to live holy lives what is He asking of us?

As far as your Antinomian views are concerned the Bible condemns it. The apostles condemn it. Jesus Christ condemns it. Antinomianism is a heresy that must be rejected. We are saved by grace through faith alone and we are saved and indwelt by the Holy Spirit in order that we may keep God's moral law. And keeping the moral law is the sure evidence that a Christian is justified by grace through faith alone. May God help us not to believe in antinomianism, but to believe in the true doctrine of the Holy Scriptures. Amen.


Wes

When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died, my richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride. - Isaac Watts