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In some ways, yeah. The New Testament states that God was merciful during the Old Testament because he was already looking ahead at Christ's sacrifice. I believe God expects righteousness both pre-grace and post-grace. The only difference is that, in the dispensation of Law, people were...

It seems like a small distinction here. I agree that we are saved "unto" good works and I think that this is equivalent to saying we are required to do good works after conversion. In a sense, this means good works are indeed required for entrance into Heaven (unless you died very shortly after...

Here is the transcript: Are we saved by faith alone or faith plus works? In the Bible, during Jesus' ministry, he traveled around Israel healing the sick and teaching people about faith and repentance. He instructed everyone on how they should conduct their lives and commanded everyone to love...

Saving Faith is along the lines of what I profess. Once we come to Christ, all of our sins are wiped away. Then after that, you must choose with your free will to stop sinning and produce good works.

I mentioned baptism in the video toward the beginning. You must've missed it. :)

Thank you brother

Many reasons. 1. Jesus requires us to repent. This means to stop being evil and start being good by doing God's commandments 2. Every righteous person in the Old Testament was favored by God. There was no discussion about whether they are "compelled by God" to do good works or not. 3. I...

This is a video I made explaining the difference between Christians who go to heaven and those who don't

Yes. In plain english, I think this is equivalent to choosing good over evil. Similar to the situation in the Garden of Eden.

... the part that our free will chooses. Whether to be good or evil. Don't tell me you don't even believe in free will. What do you think Macabeus? The Law of Grace requires us to choose good over evil, doesn't it?

Yes, basically.

Your conscience, the conviction of the Holy Spirit. :)

Eh, we could say that Jesus did away with the 10 Commandments, but it's still wrong to murder, cheat, lie, fornicate, etc. Therefore it's still sin. You are still doing right if you obey the Law. You should never disregard your conscience and only look to the Law, though. That would limit the...

No, don't get me wrong. Any Law-breaking is sin. It's just that breaking different laws entails different degrees of sin. Also, the Law does not and could not possibly cover all cases of good and evil (as in the bribing situation I discussed for example).

Maybe my positions will make more sense if you understand more about what the law is and what sin is. My posts aren't really that inconsistent. Sin is failing to do what is right. The Law commands us to do right things and to avoid wrong things. This is why breaking the law is sin. Each of the...

This is a lot of what the New Testament gets at. Sin is not just breaking the law. Sin is failing to do what's right. Jesus' fulfillment of the Law allows us to stop looking at the Law and instead start looking at what's right and wrong. When we do what's right, we don't sin. In fact, you will...

No. This is the mistake in easy-believism. We aren't free from the consequences of sinning. God hates all sin and we're all required to repent from sin. We can stumble, but God expects us to repent. Breaking the Law is more or less equivalent to doing something evil.

Following the Law has its merits and is a good thing. However, I think there is important value in looking past the Law. When Jesus fulfilled the Law, he freed us so that we don't have to confine ourselves to the Law but we can follow the Spirit by doing what we know and feel is good and right...

No, we're not under the Law and breaking the Law won't get you immediately sent to hell. However, we are still to follow the law of the Spirit and this requires turning away from evil (repentance). If you want to get technical, this was the "spirit" of the Mosaic Law, that is, avoiding evil.