Not By Works
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You might study Free Grace Movement or Grace Evangelical Society.
Some of this gets into a hyper-dispensational view that denies regeneration, too.
Robert Wilkin, who is the founder of Grace Evangelical Society, debated James White on this issue...and part of his issue relates to hyper-dispensationalism.
Some of this gets into a hyper-dispensational view that denies regeneration, too.
Robert Wilkin, who is the founder of Grace Evangelical Society, debated James White on this issue...and part of his issue relates to hyper-dispensationalism.
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Two points.
I don't think that a believer not knowing how to avail himself of the power of the Lord to overcome sin qualifies him as a legalist. I think 'legalist' is primarily defined as a person literally trying to purchase a declaration of righteousness through the performance of righteous works. The 'legalists' you're referring to aren't doing that. Really.
And two, if those you view as 'legalists' are guilty of anything it is not being able to articulate the message of God's ability to lead the believer out of their sin. It certainly isn't a magic wand in most cases. Life's lessons administered by the Lord is what trains God's people to not walk in unrighteousness. I wish it were just a wave of God's magic wand, but it's not. It involves changing the believer's mind about sin. That's can be a very, very rough road. I got the T-shirt on that one. Several of them.
I don't think that a believer not knowing how to avail himself of the power of the Lord to overcome sin qualifies him as a legalist. I think 'legalist' is primarily defined as a person literally trying to purchase a declaration of righteousness through the performance of righteous works. The 'legalists' you're referring to aren't doing that. Really.
And two, if those you view as 'legalists' are guilty of anything it is not being able to articulate the message of God's ability to lead the believer out of their sin. It certainly isn't a magic wand in most cases. Life's lessons administered by the Lord is what trains God's people to not walk in unrighteousness. I wish it were just a wave of God's magic wand, but it's not. It involves changing the believer's mind about sin. That's can be a very, very rough road. I got the T-shirt on that one. Several of them.
No, the osas part of traditional Calvinism teaches that if you are still living in your old life you have never believed to begin with. You are an unbeliever.
The new osas teaches that it doesn't matter whatsoever to your salvation if you are still living in your old life, because (they say) salvation is not by works, so they can't matter at all in regard to salvation.
The new osas teaches that it doesn't matter whatsoever to your salvation if you are still living in your old life, because (they say) salvation is not by works, so they can't matter at all in regard to salvation.
People who obsess over the "keep believing or lose your salvation" theory and relentlessly attack the OSAS doctrine seem to view salvation as "slippery grace" and make it sound like continuing to believe the gospel is a difficult burden of self effort and self preservation and seem to put little or no stock at all in God's preservation. (Psalm 37:28; Jude 1:1) Such people seem satisfied with believing that Christians all around them are losing their salvation, but that is not the case for them because they have worked so hard at preserving themselves. Now guess who gets ALL the credit for that? 
