Friends
It is a fact that most churches,preachers and christians prefer to stand on a mixture of law and grace rather than pure grace.They call it a "balanced"sermon.
To be completely honest,such people who dismiss the preaching of the gospel in its utmost purity are simply prideful people.They cannot handle the fact that Jesus Christ has finished the work on the cross and by that alone they are fully and eternally accepted by God.
They cannot handle the fact that even when they sin,God still sees them as righteous.They feel its unfair to be in the same group with those who have committed "bigger"sins.
Such people want to have a part in their salvation.They want to say "look am not like those hypocritical christians,I don't sin alot,I sin less and I always confess and read the bible more"Their focus is on themselves while we who preach and believe in God's wonderful grace completely take our eyes off ourselves and look to Jesus as our Sanctification,wisdom,Holi
So the next time someone or a group come against your preaching or believing of grace and proclaim nonsense such as "we must be balanced"or "you are giving people a license to sin."Do not bother arguing with them.Pride is a very deep root and cannot easily be removed.
Instead,pity them for if the truth was told,they are simply hiding behind facades created after many years of being in the religious circles.If you really knew them,you would probably recommend them for the oscars as they put a masterful act of righteousness albeit self and pseudo righteousness.
Pity and pray for them because some of us were once like that.Thinking that God blesses us and is pleased with us because we do good,or only have "smaller" sins when in actual truth,we are simply accepted by faith in the finished work of Christ.
True humility is not walking and talking in a meek manner and being nice to strangers,it is accepting that without the cross,we have zero righteousness.
