Objections To The Gospel
#2 "To teach that salvation is by faith alone is to promote sin. For if salvation is by faith alone and not by works, then we can do as we please."
The cause of this objection is the failure to understand the nature of salvation. Salvation is not only being delivered from the PENALTY of sin. It is also being delivered from the POWER of sin in one's life.
To be delivered from the penalty of sin is to be delivered from God's wrath, judgment and condemnation. On the other hand, being delivered from the power of sin is to be delivered from sin's grip and hold in our lives, resulting in a transformed life.
If salvation were a land area, the entrance to it is by faith alone. Entry is as simple as stepping into it by faith. Inside, you are free from God's condemnation and judgment.
Can we then do as we please and live like the devil? No, because once inside, you will never be the same again. Your life will be transformed---you are given a new nature that hates sin and loves holiness, the Holy Spirit will indwell you to either conform you or convict you and you will have a Heavenly Father who will discipline you.
Salvation is not by FAITH + WORKS.
Rather, salvation is by FAITH---that results in---> WORKS.
