The first position leads to the conclusion: "Grace doesn't change me, just God's opinion of me."
The second leads to another conclusion: "Grace is more than pardon, but also power to become a new creature in Christ Jesus by the moment by moment surrender of my will to His will."
"Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits." Isaiah 30:10
Can anything be more smooth and deceitful than to declare that we can continue living as slaves to sin while at the same time professing to be "more than overcomers" of the same?
The second leads to another conclusion: "Grace is more than pardon, but also power to become a new creature in Christ Jesus by the moment by moment surrender of my will to His will."
"Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits." Isaiah 30:10
Can anything be more smooth and deceitful than to declare that we can continue living as slaves to sin while at the same time professing to be "more than overcomers" of the same?