It's been over a year since I wrote about Holiness and in that year I have done a lot of soul searching and have come to the conclusion that neither the extreme Holiness nor the extreme "once in grace always in grace" are correct. I started this blog with the purpose of venting my book writing need. I am no writer but I was vexed with so much distress over what I see as the lack of discernment in the lives of fellow Christians and the concern of judgementalism from both "loose" Christians and non-Christians alike that I felt the need to clear the air, as it were.
In Hebrews we are admonished to "lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us." We all too often do not want to set aside our sin. In James 5:9 we are told, "Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door!" With this in mind, I ask one question. If James was talking to Christians, how could they be condemned? Throughout the book of James we are admonished to do good works. Taking one side or the other on this issue of Holiness, judgementalism or grace is not so cut and dry. We each need to mature in Christ and live a life pleasing to Him alone, looking at the whole Word of God, not dividing out what we feel or think is right or what we've been taught.
I hope to do a monthly letter and as a radio program says or used to say, "grow in grace so I don't groan in disgrace."