What Is Free Grace Theology?

What are the main points of the false grace movement called Free Grace Theology?

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[gracehillcolorado]

We are ALL MADE PERFECT - because of the Cross.
Stop the Judiasm.
Hebrews 10:14
For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

[gracehillcolorado]

Righteousness by the Law is a righteousness based on performance. Another way to say it is “self-righteousness.” The truth is, nobody can perform well enough to get Law righteousness, because the Bible says in Isaiah 64:6 that “all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.” And James 2:10 says that if you keep the Law and yet offend in one point, you are guilty of breaking the entire thing. In other words, if you did ninety-nine out of a hundred things right and one thing wrong, according to the Law of righteousness, you would be unrighteous. BUT! If you put your faith in Jesus, you would receive His righteousness—faith righteousness—even though you did ninety-nine out of a hundred things wrong! What a deal!

[elizabethl]

You all teach different ways of salvation. The thief on the cross was saved by belief alone, and yet you demand that we work for ours.

[TheTruthUnchained]

Don't you realize that by bashing free grace, you're saying you are holy enough. Obeying enough. Do you truly believe that you are sanctified? What you are telling everyone is that we must take salvation by faith while promising discipleship at the same time?

[whatmynamemitch]

Believe is said over 200 times. Gods not tricking you. Its clearly Belief only.

Nobody said repentance isn't necessary.

Sounds like you really want your works to count for something.

Its not Jesus did some, you do some. He FINISHED it.

You are on the narrow road.

CHRIST ALONE FAITH ALONE By GRACE ALONE

Thenmoment ypu believe you are eternally secure.

You take too much liberty with your theories of free grace.

Jesus and Paul taught easy believe-ism
Sounds like you have a problem with that.

[gracehillcolorado]

If you don't believe in GRACE as the ONLY GOSPEL?
Then you don't know the Christian Gospel.

[gracehillcolorado]

Hebrews 10:14
For by a single offering he has PERFECTED for all time those who are being sanctified.
Sanctified by who?
HIM!
NOT YOU.
Get Grace - and get it quick.

[elizabethl]

You're always describing Mid Acts people instead of Free Grace.

[davidhollingsworth]

I didn't want to, but I gave this video a fair listen...I concluded that you are wrong. I am not a Bible Scholar, by any means, but I have read it considerably and studied it, delving into the deeper things of God and believe that what I gleaned from it was largely revealed to me. I just recently discovered the free grace theology and it satisfies my ideas about what salvation is - and isn't. Ephesians 2: 8, 9 clearly establishes that it is a GIFT which cannot be earned by works, of ANY sort. If there is even one thing I could tout that EYE did, besides simply believe, that made it happen...that would be a WORK. Jesus died so that we could escape God's wrath and that was His mission - not to tell us that He GAVE us everlasting life as a GIFT and then BACKLOAD a bunch of works onto it like 'denying myself and picking up my cross', 'counting the cost', 'putting my hand to the plow and not looking back', 'becoming holy', becoming a disciple, or 'turning from my sins' - ALL that stuff is WORKS! Jonah 3:10 says that God saw their WORKS, (the Ninevites) that they turned from their sins, (which is what your idea of repentance is...) and He didn't destroy them like He SAID he would. The BURDENS people like you want to put on people are horrendous! We couldn't keep Moses's Law, so did Christ come to put a much more GRIEVOUS load on us with having to PERFORM all those things I listed NOW? NO! Romans 4:5 invalidates everything you say that God 'demands' of us - "But to him that WORKETH NOT, but believest on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his FAITH is counted for righteousness." " You don't believe in eternal security...because you want to take credit for your OWN salvation. I could NEVER live up to what Christ, apparently, wants you to, and neither can you or anyone else. I'm saved by FAITH...not works of righteousness I have done.

[gracehillcolorado]

Jesus either paid for it all, or He paid for nothing at all!

It’s not Jesus plus you; it’s Jesus or you! It’s not you doing the best you can and then Jesus making up the difference with grace and mercy. If you try to mix the two, you have totally polluted what Jesus has done. It’s either faith righteousness or your righteousness, but not a combination of the two (Rom. 11:6).

[philipdavid]

If you haven’t believed in free, Grace or salvation is free how are you gonna get to heaven Bible clear can’t work for it Ephesians 289 you are saved by Grace Drew, Faith and this not of yourself a gift of God not of works less any man should boast there’s another verse. Jesus paid a debt. He didn’t owe and we owe a debt that we cannot pay Bible clear can’t earn it can’t buy it can’t deserve it. We all fall short and the reason you don’t understand free grace is because you don’t believe in if you haven’t been to the Grand Canyon you can’t describe it because you haven’t been there free grace if that’s what you wanna call it change my life y’all think it’s a license to sin but I’m here to tell you it’s freedom from sin freedom to love God Not because I have to, but because I want to And the same thing goes for being obedient I choose to want to be obedient not because I have to but because I want to if you’ll be in obedient because you think you have to, you’re missing the mark that’s not love

[zebra]

20 signs of a works-salvation false prophet.
[Jesus speaking]
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. ‭‭Matthew 7:15-16

1. False prophets preach a false gospel. The Gospel of Jesus Christ declares what God has DONE for sinners in the Person and work of Jesus Christ, who paid sins penalty for everyone in one single sacrifice for sins, died, was buried, and rose again. It is finished, and all are commanded to recieve the free gift of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ. The fake gospel of false prophets always point to what works sinners must DO to get saved, maintain their salvation, or prove that they are saved. This involves works of repentance from sins and obedience. This is keeping the Law for salvation which the Bible strongly condemns.

2. False prophets abandon Scriptural authority. They willfully defy the authority of God's Word. For example, when Scriptures clearly says that we are saved by faith in Jesus Christ apart from works, they don't care what the Bible says-they simply do not believe the Bible. They are unbelievers, and there is nothing God can say in the Scriptures to convince them otherwise. They are stubborn and filled with pride. They suppress the truth of God's Word. They can not accept correction from the Scriptures. They basically give their middle finger to the God of Scripture in defiance of His authority.

3.False prophets appear to be genuine Christians, but they are actually counterfeit Christians. They are unbelievers, but they exude confidence and appear to be nice, polite, honest, sincere Christians. They seem to have great wisdom and discernment concerning the Scriptures. And it seems like they really love Jesus Christ and that they care for your soul. In actuality, all of this is an illusion. They are liars performing a magic trick on you to make you think something is true when it isn't. It's all smoke and mirrors meant to deceive you. Just like a counterfeit $100 dollar bill looks like a genuine $100 dollar bill at first glance, when it is closely scrutinized against a genuine $100 dollar bill, the counterfeit bill is exposed for what it is-a fake.

4. False prophets are intentionally vague. They leave lots of unanswered questions. They lack any specific statement or clarification about what they believe about the Gospel and EXACTLY WHAT is required for salvation. They just say in a general sense that a person must repent of their sins and be obedient to be saved. They say that a genuine Christian will necessarily show proofs of a changed life. They give completely subjective standards without going into any further details, and its up to you to figure things out on your own. They just don't care about clarity and leave people confused and worried about their salvation and eternal security. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is black and white-either you believe on Jesus for eternal life or you don't. False gospels are riddled with gray areas, and you can never know for sure if you are saved.

5. False prophets are singularly focused on works. WORKS WORKS WORK
!!! They are obsessed with WORKS because they are modern-day Pharisees. They ignore the biblical fact that we are saved by faith in Jesus Christ apart from works. To false prophets, it's never about what Jesus did for us to save us, but what works a person must do to save themselves. They would never tell a sinner that they are saved by faith alone in Jesus Christ apart from works as the Bible clearly says, because they are very hostile to salvation by faith alone.

6. False prophets say that being born-again will necessarily result in a changed life in terms of their behavior, and if there are no behavioral changes in a person, then they must not be a Christian. The fact is, there is not a single passage of Scripture that specifically says this. False teachers pervert the Gospel by adding conditions to it, and what they mean is, "A person is saved by faith PLUS evidence of a changed life".

7. False prophets are liars and always make unqualified false accusations against us Believers in Jesus. They falsely accuse us of being false Christians. They persecute us, slander and mock all of us who believe in Jesus for eternal life as the Bible commands, saying that we all live like the devil without any regards for personal holiness. They never rejoice in the fact that God saves even the worst of sinners when they simply believe in Him. This is actually repulsive to them.

8. False prophets twist the Scriptures and take passages out of context in order to promote their false gospel of works salvation. They only focus on Scriptures that support their narrative and they refuse to address the clear Scriptures that refute their false gospel.

9. False prophets regard their own teachings as authoritative, on par with Scriptures. In reality, what they teach is nothing more than deceptive, demonic, man-centered theology not grounded in Scriptures.

10. False prophets are idolators. The Jesus that false prophets proclaim contradicts the biblical Jesus. They have fashioned a jesus that conforms with what they believe and teach. Unlike the biblical Jesus, their fake jesus is a Pharisee just like them, who cares more about a person's works, law keeping, and zeal than having mercy and compassion on sinners who can not save themselves.

11. False prophets command what is not humanly possible. No one can perfectly repent of their sins and be obedient. Nobody can be perfect in thought, word, and deed, 24/7 for the rest of their life. Not even close! Yet this is what they generally expect from people if they want to be saved.

12. False prophets are self-righteous. They think they are better than everyone else. They are proud of their righteous deeds, and always looking down their nose at anyone who is less moral than them. When, in actuality, sins of Pharisaical self-righteousness are just as damning as carnal sins. They lack a true biblical understanding of what sin is and are blind to their own sinful condition.

13. False prophets alway get worse and their departure from Scripture becomes more pronounced over time. Their hearts become more calloused and they become more radicalized and more defiant of God's Word as time goes on. They are Idealogically possessed and they are incapable of thinking outside of their Pharisaical mindset.

14. False prophets are like cult leaders. They heap up for themselves their own followers who accept their teachings uncritically. Their followers never criticize the false prophet's teachings because they see the false prophet as authoritative, and these false prophets are actually worshipped by their followers.

15. False prophets are deceptive, and use underhanded tactics involving fear, shame, and guilt in order to moralistically manipulate others. They will project onto others the very things that they are guilty of. They are also experts at gaslighting, saying God said things He didn't say, or denying that God never said what He clearly said in the Scriptures.

16. False prophets never say anything different than the countless other false prophets out there who preach a false gospel of works salvation. They all just regurgitate the same unbiblical crap, the same salvation by works slogans, and the same tired works salvation proof texts over and over again, ad nauseum. They have nothing new to offer. No different perspectives. They can only parrot what they have been taught by other false prophets and they can only think within the confines of their own constricted ideology, unable to read the Bible any other way other than how they have been taught.

17. False prophets are overly concerned about everyone else's morality. These false prophets are often called "FRUIT INSPECTORS" because they are always inspecting the moral "fruits" of everyone else, and harshly condemn others when their behaviors don't meet the false prophet's expectations.

18. False prophets are blind about the major themes in the Bible of mercy, grace, forgiveness, and compassion. Instead they focus on what the Bible harshly condemns: heartless outward obedience, performance, and zeal. The ideas of mercy, grace, forgiveness, and compassion are repulsive to them.

19. False prophets are hypocrites. They tell everyone to be obedient, but they do not obey the Gospel command that we are saved by faith in Jesus Christ apart from works. Then in full knowledge of what the Scriptures say, they preach their false gospel of works, which is exactly the opposite of what they are commanded to preach. They say that they care for the lost, but knowingly lead others to Hell with their false gospel. These are brazen acts of evil, lawlessness and rebellion.

20. False prophets avoid talking about the proud, legalistic, obedience driven Jewish religious leaders of Jesus time, the Pharisees and the Scribes. They avoid talking about the hatred that these religious leaders had for Jesus and the conflict between them and Jesus that ultimately to His brutal torture and murder.

Let's be honest. The biblical Jesus confronted the Pharisees and Scribes because they denied Him, and because of their strict legalism, their focus on outward performance, their pride, their lack of mercy and compassion for sinners, and their failure to see their own sins of pride and self-righteousness as just as damning as carnal sins. The intense conflict between Jesus Christ and the Jewish religious leaders is the central, prominent protagonist/antagonist theme in the Gospels, and ultimately culminated in the crucifixion of the Son of God. Yet false prophets completely ignore the facts because they don't want to face the fact that THEY THEMSELVES are Pharisees and have the same vile hatred and rejection for the biblical Jesus as the Pharisees that crucified Him.

[mikelyons]

Good teaching. 👿 is always trying to tweak God's word "Hath God said?"

[lawrencemetcalf]

Paul received what he would teach from the Risen Christ that sits at the right hand of the father he was the only apostle to do this Ephesians chapter 2 verses 8 and 9 clearly state that we are saved by grace through faith it is not of ourselves but the gift of God and not by works lest any man should boast you yourself to make this video and call out people as if you are righteous is something that you should understand is wrong in Isaiah it clearly says that our righteousnesses are filthy rags to God and it also never one time says repent of your sins in the King James version repent of your sins is a demonic added scripture all we do is believe in who he is and what he did his finished work on the cross and his resurrection on the third day for our justification is what saves us not anything that we have done for ourselves anything that you think you do do or that you need to do for the Lord to accept you is of works and not of faith most of the free gracers that I know have not committed murder and adultery yet King David did both of these and I believe by faith he is saved and he never repented from his true desire which was Bathsheba he stayed with her her whole life and she was the reason that he murdered and committed adultery how can you repent of this sin and still remain with this woman for the rest of your life that's like robbing a bank and saying you're sorry but keeping the money you are obviously galatianized but by trying to establish your own righteousness you have ignored the righteousness of God that Christ was the end of the law blotting out the ordinances against us the people that the Lord Jesus tells be gone for me I never knew you they asked the Lord what about our great works what about what we've done basically what about the way we've lived Our Lives and the Lord says be gone from me I never knew you only those that put their full trust in what he has done on the cross and his resurrection on the third day for our justification will be saved

[gracehillcolorado]

He needs to read the bible more. :)
NOT gettin it!

[MyWerttrew]

Free gracers teach Jesus can be your saviour and not be your Lord and anyone who teaches obedience to Christ as proof of salvation is a heretic. They are who Peter warns about in 2 Peter 3 who distort Paul’s writings to their own destruction.

[marylamb]

There are two gospels being preached in our "New Testament." The first, for Israel, was based on faith in Jesus as Messiah, and obeying the Law of Moses. It would not save anyone. This gospel was first preached by John the Baptist, who preached that Messiah was coming for Israel, and that good works must be done. Example of good works: if you have two cloaks give one to a person who doesn't have one, etc. This gospel was only for Israel because of the promises made to Israel. Jesus was to sit on the throne of David as Gabriel told Mary. It was in sum the Messianic gospel.

After Christ died and was resurrected, the Jews asked him if he was going to restore the Davidic Kingdom. Acts does not tell us about the birth of the Body of Christ. Acts show that the Messianic Gospel being preached was consistently being rejected by Israel and that the restoration of Israel would not happen soon. Paul initially preached that "Jesus was Messiah, " ergo, the Messianic Gospel. At the end of Acts that gospel ended. The question posed to Christ in the beginning of Acts was answered--the Davidic Kingdom would have to wait. So what happens is that God took the rejection of the Jews and turned it into salvation for the Gentiles, and, that a new organism where Jew and Gentile would be one part of his Body would be created. All information related to the Body of Christ, borne out of Israel's rejection throughout Acts, was given to Paul.