This is an antinomian misunderstanding of salvation. As their founder says on their site, “I am currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree from Dallas Theological Seminary,” which is the top free grace, no-lordship, antinomian school for pastors. But true faith in Jesus always leads believers to “uphold the law.” Romans 3:31 (AMP): “Do we then nullify the Law by this faith [making the Law of no effect, overthrowing it]? Certainly not! On the contrary, we confirm and establish and uphold the Law [since it convicts us all of sin, pointing to the need for salvation].” The Sodomites lived in the same time as Abraham, before the law of Moses, but God destroyed their city, because they were wicked and exceedingly homosexual (Genesis 13:13). Salvation is not just about believing in the existence of God or that he just loves you and just forgives you if you believe that he’s real (easy believism). That is a very false understanding of salvation and its spiritually dangerous. It contradicts the Reformers. Perfect versus imperfect obedience is another matter, earning concepts, etc–but when you frame salvation like this, completely obliterating the need for obedience to the Bible from believers’ lives: Danger, Will Robinson. Pornography, fornication, molestation, and sexual perversion are often hanging around the corner somewhere. Big stuff gets trivialized; and everything is just about managing your anxiety and depression: feeling good about yourself instead of living a life that actually pleases God. That’s not saving faith at all. Views like this are everything that’s wrong with Protestantism. James 2:19 (AMP): “You believe that God is one; you do well [to believe that]. The demons also believe [that], and shudder and bristle [in awe-filled terror—they have seen His wrath]!”
What is the purpose of faith in the cross of Christ? 2 Corinthians 5:21 (AMP): “He made Christ who knew no sin to [judicially] be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we would become the righteousness of God [that is, we would be made acceptable to Him and placed in a right relationship with Him by His gracious lovingkindness].” So as holy living becomes normalized in the lives of individuals and the church community, deviations from that lifestyle are supposed to be excommunicated from the church. 1 Corinthians 5:11 (AMP): “I have written to you not to associate with any so-called [Christian] brother if he is sexually immoral or greedy, or is an idolater [devoted to anything that takes the place of God], or is a reviler [who insults or slanders or otherwise verbally abuses others], or is a drunkard or a swindler—you must not so much as eat with such a person.” The point of kicking such people out of the church is in hopes that they will stop living those kinds of lifestyles. But if they die like that, then they’ll go to Hell: “As for the cowards and unbelieving and abominable [who are devoid of character and personal integrity and practice or tolerate immorality], and murderers, and sorcerers [with intoxicating drugs], and idolaters and occultists [who practice and teach false religions], and all the liars [who knowingly deceive and twist truth], their part will be in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone” (Revelation 21:8, AMP).
—
VI. OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
The Old Testament is not contrary to the New; for both in the Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered to mankind by Christ, who is the only Mediator between God and man, being both God and man. Wherefore they are not to be heard who feign that the old fathers did look only for transitory promises. Although the law given from God by Moses, as touching ceremonies and rites, doth not bind Christians, nor ought the civil precepts thereof of necessity be received in any commonwealth, yet, notwithstanding, no Christian whatsoever is free from the obedience of the commandments which are called moral.
VII. OF ORIGINAL OR BIRTH SIN.
Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians do vainly talk), but it is the corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam, whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and of his own nature inclined to evil, and that continually.
VIII. OF FREE WILL.
The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such that he can not turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and works, to faith and calling upon God; wherefore we have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
IX. OF THE JUSTIFICATION OF MAN.
We are accounted righteous before God only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Wherefore, that we are justified by faith only is a most wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort.
X. OF GOOD WORKS.
Although good works, which are the fruits of faith, and follow after justification, can not put away our sins, and endure the severity of God’s judgments; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and spring out of a true and lively faith, insomuch that by them a lively faith may be as evidently known as a tree is discerned by its fruit.
–THE ARTICLES OF RELIGION, VI.-X.–
WesleyGospel Ministries 