Can the grace of God morph into hyper grace, lawlessness, or license to sin?

Can the grace of God morph into hyper grace, lawlessness, or license to sin?
Of course, grace is not license to sin. Grace cannot become license to sin by itself too. Neither can the love of God become some kind of liberal love for sexual immorality too. However, false prophets in the last days can certainly turn the grace of God or anything from God into something else (just like the Pharisee who turned the laws of God into legalistic rules which oppressed the weak and the poor), probably slowly from grace to radical grace, then from radical grace to hyper grace, to lawlessness, and finally to license to sin. Most radical grace or hyper grace preachers would assure us that this can never happen. They may deny it vehemently but they can never deny what the words of God has said to us. In fact, the warning of false grace or perverted grace has already been clearly written for us in the New Testament, not in the Old Testament. Hence, the warning about perverted grace, hyper grace, or false grace in the last days is still valid and we can certainly preach it as God's warning to the people:

• Jud 1:3-4 KJV  Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.  (4)  For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Many radical grace preachers argue that God's people or believers can never turn the grace of our God into lasciviousness; only the ungodly men, non-believers, or other religious people. However, I will ask them, Can the non-believers turn the grace of God into lasciviousness  or license to sin in the churches? No, how can the non-believers turn the grace of God into something else if they do not believe in the grace of God or have the grace of God? Hence, of course, only the false prophets in the churches would be able to turn the grace of God into lasciviousness because false prophets can convince the believers to believe in their lies to depart from all the laws, principles, commandments, and doctrine of Christ, by creating another 'Christ' who has no more law, principle, or doctrine for them.

• 2Co 11:2-4 KJV  For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.  (3)  But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.  (4)  For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

Radical grace preachers today will still argue and say, "No, you have interpreted Jud 1:3-4 wrongly. We believe that the grace of God can never be turned or changed into something else by the false prophets. False prophets or ungodly men can only remove grace and preach the legalistic gospel or the law. We should interpret Jud 1:3-4 as the passage about ungodly men removing the grace of God and teaching lasciviousness, not turning the grace of God into lasciviousness..."
I will ask them, What's the difference between ungodly men turning the grace of God into lasciviousness and ungodly men removing the true grace of God and replacing it with the false doctrine of lasciviousness freedom or ungodly men twisting the grace of God into a merchandise of their prosperity? The Bible did not specify clearly how the true grace of God will be removed or replaced by false prophets, but we know that false prophets will do anything to twist the words of God to preach their 'radical grace', 'pure grace', or 'hyper grace' with lawlessness philosophies, departure from God's commands, or 'nakedness' from the glory of God.


Can the law or the grace of God be turned into a merchandise which will enrich the lawless?
Many radical grace preachers argue vehemently that nobody can turn the grace of God into lasciviousness or license to sin. They said that it won't benefit them for doing so. However, I will tell them, If you are honest, you won't give this kind of lie, promise, or guarantee to blind the people of God from knowing the truth and the warning of God. Otherwise, you are helping the false prophets to deceive the people by making merchandise of them. If the Pharisees could quote from the scripture and turn the laws of God into 'corban' that benefited themselves, false prophets who do not have the Spirit of the law of God would turn the grace of God to profit themselves too. The reason is obvious - the 'grace' business is always bigger than the 'law' business. False prophets are not stupid. Do you think that they would still preach the 'law' business (or the Old Testament laws) to the sinners who are not the Jews? No, they know that most of the Gentiles in the world can never follow the Jewish law or any law. They know that the sinners love lawlessness, lawless thinking, and a lawless God. They know their economy of 'Law demands, grace supplies' and, hence, they will preach according to their 'law of demand and supply' without the law of God:

• Joh 2:16-17 KJV  And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.  (17)  And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
• 2Pe 2:1-3 KJV  But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.  (2)  And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.  (3)  And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
• Mar 7:9-13 KJV  And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.  (10)  For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:  (11)  But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.  (12)  And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;  (13)  Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

We know that the true grace of God can never be something which will turn into a merchandise or supernatural transfer of wealth from the world which prospers us, enriches us, brings greater worldly favour to us, and gives every disciple of Jesus more enjoyable or effortless life in this world because the words of God is very clear about the true grace of God:    

• 1Pe 5:2-12 KJV  Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;  (3)  Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.  (4) And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away ... (8) Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: ..(9)  Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.  (10)  But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. .. (12) By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

But, if we look around today, we will ask, "Why do we still see so many preachers who can turn the grace of God into a favour, confession, revolution, anointing, or something which has truly prospered them and made them very successful? Have we believe the Bible wrongly?"
I will say, I don't like to say it but I must say it - it is not the true grace of God; but something which pleases most sinners who do not like to repent, keep the law of God, follow the doctrine of Christ, and do the words of God. They can prophesy and prosper because they have made merchandise of the people through the selling of their warped messages, lawless philosophies, unrepentant sermons, wrong beliefs, effortless doctrine, CD's, DVD's, books, and TV commercials in the 'house of God' or churches. They have plundered the churches, preached in the churches, hijacked the churches, and taken over the control, because many believers would just want to 'love you, love me, love everyone, love them.. ' They would just want to love everything, including the positive loving messages from the false preachers, instead of loving and doing the words of Christ. Of course, they would like to think that the warning and prophecy of the Lord about the false prophets and carnal believers is no more valid for them in the last days:

• Mat 7:15-23 KJV  Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. .. (20)  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.  (21)  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.  (22)  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?  (23)  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
• Mat 7:23 LITV  And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; "depart from Me, those working lawlessness!"
• Mat 24:11-34 LITV  And many false prophets will be raised and will cause many to err.  (12)  And because lawlessness shall have been multiplied, the love of the many will grow cold.  (13)  But the one who endures to the end, that one will be kept safe. (14)  And this gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then will come the end...(The Lord did not say that the multiplication of lawlessness or mental philosophy of having no more law will make people become more lawless in their behaviours or criminal activities. However, He said clearly that it will cause many to err and grow cold in their love for God and others. It is clearly the effect of lawless doctrine and lawless teaching; not the effect of lawless violence.)
• Luk 6:46-48 KJV  And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?  (47)  Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:  (48)  He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood (false doctrine) arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. (Hence, Jesus said clearly that He would not just want us to have right believing, right faith, right miracles, right preaching, or right confession only; he wants us to have right doing with His words too, because right doing would prove that we are His true disciples on the rock of salvation.)

The warnings and prophecies of the Lord can never be obsolete
From the warnings and prophecies of the Lord above, we know that many false prophets will rise in the last days. They will:

1. remove the warnings, commandments, and repentance teaching of the Lord in the Bible, and
2. cast a 'non-thinking' spell on the minds of the people so that they cannot think.

But please think, If the repentance teaching of the Lord has become obsolete, have all His warnings and prophecies above become obsolete too? No, we know that the Lord's warnings and prophecies are about the end time and the end time is now or in the near future. How can we lie and say that His words and teaching have become obsolete?
In fact, Jesus prophesied that His warnings and teachings would be challenged and twisted by the false prophets in the last days. He knew it, and hence, He added the following words on purpose, after His warning against them, so that they can never nullify His words or prophecies against them. He continued ...

• Mat 24:34-36 LITV  Truly I say to you, In no way will this generation pass away until all these things have occurred.  (35)  The heaven and the earth will pass away, but My Words will not pass away, never!  (36)  But as to that day and that hour, no one knows, neither the angels of Heaven, except My Father only. (He said, Never ! It's a double confirmation. None of His words, warnings, or prophecies will pass away !)
• Mat 5:17-19 KJV  Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.  (18)  For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.  (19)  Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Hence, the lack of such teaching in the churches could give rise to more lawlessness or lawless philosophy in the world. And it will make people grow cold. 
• Jesus did not say that we should just teach do's or don'ts of God's commandments; He told us clearly that we should do and teach them ! We don't just teach like the Pharisees or hypocrites; we must do also. That's why Jesus said that we ourselves must do first, then we can teach also. This must be fulfilled and established in the hearts of all His believers who hear Him and who shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven, and this can never become obsolete. However, many preachers today would find that this is still a hard saying for them. Why? It's because if they find it hard to do and teach the words of Jesus themselves, they can just twist and turn the words of the Lord and lie that His sayings and commandments have all become obsolete so that they can continue to live with hidden sins and deceive others that they are still very godly preachers with no more need to do and teach the principles and doctrine of Christ.)

Many radical grace preachers argued vehemently that the law has been totally fulfilled by the finished work of Jesus or that Jesus has fulfilled all the laws of God for us, and therefore, there is no more law left for us to keep. I will tell them, Please read your Bible again. Jesus did not say that He fulfilled the law so that we have no more law to keep. On the contrary, He said that He fulfilled the law so that we can keep the law of God better from the heart instead of from the stone. He established the law of God in the heart of a true believer so that he will do and keep His commandments:

• Rom 3:31 KJV  Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
• Rom 8:4-6 KJV  That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.  (5)  For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.  (6)  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
• Heb 8:10 KJV  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
• Heb 10:9-17 KJV  Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second ... (16) This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;  (17)  And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
• Joh 15:10 KJV  If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
• Rev 12:17 KJV  And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
• Rev 14:12 KJV  Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

However, when false prophets come, they will discredit all the commandments of God and gain credit with their own words.


False prophets will subtly, cleverly, and gradually convince many that the warnings and prophecies of the Lord have become obsolete
False prophets will never say it clearly that the warnings and prophecies of the Lord have become obsolete. But they will say it subtly, cleverly, and gradually. How? One of the most obvious way is to keep proving how all the laws of God have become obsolete and useless because of grace. When they could prove that the law of God has become obsolete, naturally they could prove that all the words and teaching of Christ about God's warnings, laws, and commandments would become obsolete doctrine and principles too. Hence, their main revolution is to prove to the sinners and the lawless that there is no more laws and commandments in Christ. When they succeed in doing so, they would not do and teach doctrine, principles, or commandments from Christ. They would attract millions who would not follow Jesus Christ, but their 'christs' or their 'anointed ones'.

• Mat 24:4-26 KJV And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.  (5)  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many ... (23) Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.  (24)  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.  (25)  Behold, I have told you before.  (26)  Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. (Do not believe it even if they tell us that they are in the internet, youtube, or chatrooms ..)

Many may argue that they follow only the gospel that Paul preached, but we know that they are lying. It's because the gospel that Paul preached would never say that the words, doctrine, commandments, and principles of Jesus Christ have become obsolete. 


If we preach the gospel until the people or sinners misunderstood us, we would lead others to sin ignorantly too
Many radical or hyper grace preachers argue, "Yes, we do not deny that there are sinners who misunderstood our message of grace and live in lasciviousness. But we have never told them to sin. We have vehemently preach that people should not sin and cannot sin .."
I will tell them, Yes, you are saying it now. But have you forgotten how you boasted that you must preach the gospel until everyone misunderstood you; otherwise you are not preaching grace?
Recently I read from http://xxxxxx.wordpress.com/2014/06/08/is-grace-a-licence-to-sin/#, which is still accessible and online. Here is an extract of a portion of what he wrote in his belief of radical grace. He said, "What is amazing grace? It means that we will never be held accountable for our sin ever again, because Jesus paid the price  once for all. Amen! We can stumble, we can fall. We can err, we can mess up. We can make mistake after mistake. We can sin. Yet if sin increases, grace increases. How amazing is that?! Does that mean that if we keep on sinning God will keep forgiving us? Yes, it does! Does that mean if we purposefully keep on sinning God forgives us? Yes it does! Does this give us a license to sin? No .." 
 I was not only amazed; I was shocked to hear him saying that they can keep on sinning and God will keep forgiving them, and he thinks that it is not a license to sin? This is a self-deception !
I will ask him, Can you tell a man to keep on raping or killing and God will keep forgiving him? Yes, you can? Does that mean if he purposefully keep on raping and killing and God forgive him too? Yes, it does? And you still think that it is not a license to sin? Something is burnt in your head. Something is terribly wrong in your brain. If someone did it to your loved ones, I wonder if you would still say God will forgive him?      
You have given the false promise, to all those who want to sin, that all their past, present, and future sins would be totally forgiven too. And, therefore, there is no more fear and condemnation to live in sin or listen to your false doctrine. Have you changed your mind now and agreed that no one should preach the gospel of grace until it is misunderstood as license to sin? Yes, I believe that Paul would never preach grace until the sinners or believers misunderstood him too, because he would always preach it with the commandments of God not to sin:

• Rom 6:1-16 KJV  What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?  (2)  God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? (12) Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.  (13)  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.  (14)  For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.  (15)  What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.  (16)  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? (17)  But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. (Paul said it very clearly, We are under grace not to obey the law of the old covenant or circumcision; but radical grace preachers today twisted his words and say that we are under grace not to obey all the laws of God. This is false doctrine which rebels against God's words. It is a lawless teaching which will raise up many lawless believers in the churches. When Paul said, God forbid - it means a clear commandment not to live in sins, a commandment not to sin with grace, and a commandment to still honour our parents with grace: (Eph 6:2-3, Rom 13:9-14).  It is still a commandment to obey the ten commandment too.)   
• Rom 8:2-8 KJV  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.  (3)  For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:  (4)  That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.  (5)  For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.  (6)  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.  (7)  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.  (8)  So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. (The law of the Spirit and the righteousness of the law will teach us to walk not after the flesh, not to sin, and not to live with the carnal mind. For the carnal mind is enmity against God and against the law of God. Isn't this very clear to us?) 
• Rom 7:21-25 KJV  I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.  (22)  For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:  (23)  But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.  (24)  O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?  (25)  I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. (Paul saw two laws working in him, one is the law of God, which is the law of his mind, the law of Spirit,  but there is another law which is the law of sin, the law of the flesh. What is his solution? Did he say that he would depart from all the law of God? No, he would serve, think of, and delight in the law of God.)
• Rom 13:9-14 KJV  For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.  (10)  Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.  (11)  And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.  (12)  The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.  (13)  Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.  (14)  But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. (Obviously, Paul still taught obedience to all the commandments of God including loving thy neighbour as thyself. If we walk after the commandments of God, we will not fulfil the lusts of the flesh.)
• Eph 6:1-3 KJV  Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.  (2)  Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)  (3)  That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 

Hence, it is impossible to accuse Paul for preaching the gospel of grace until it is too good to be true and making everyone, including the sinners, Pharisees, and believers, misunderstood him. Of course, we know that the Pharisees would never accuse Paul because of misunderstanding; in fact, they accused him on purpose.
However, if you preach and tell the people to depart from all the laws and commandments of God, you did not misunderstand Paul too, you could have enjoyed so much lawless philosophies that you begin to develop carnal mind which is against God and against the law of God. You would make all the sinners and believers who never read the commandments of Jesus to misunderstand Paul and go the wrong way.

• 2Pe 3:14-18 LITV  Because of this, beloved, looking for these things, be diligent, spotless, and without blemish, to be found in peace by Him.  (15)  And think of the long-suffering of our Lord as salvation, as also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him;  (16)  as also in all his epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the unlearned and unsettled pervert, as also they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.  (17)  Then beloved, you knowing beforehand, watch lest being led away by the error of the lawless you fall from your own steadfastness.  (18)  But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
• 2Th 2:3-13 LITV  Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, because that Day will not come unless first comes the falling away, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,  (4)  the one opposing and exalting himself over everything being called God, or object of worship, so as for him "to sit in the temple of God" as God, setting forth himself, that he is God. (5)  Do you not remember that I told you these things, I yet being with you?  (6)  And now you know the thing holding back, for him to be revealed in his time.  (7)  For the mystery of lawlessness already is working, only he is holding back now, until it comes out of the midst.  (8)  And then "the Lawless One" will be revealed, "whom" "the Lord" "will consume" "by the spirit of His mouth," and will bring to nought by the brightness of His presence.  (9)  His coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and miraculous signs and lying wonders,  (10)  and in all deceit of unrighteousness in those being lost, because they did not receive the love of the truth in order for them to be saved.  (11)  And because of this, God will send to them a working of error, for them to believe the lie,  (12)  that all may be judged, those not believing the truth, but who have delighted in unrighteousness.  (13)  But we ought to thank God always concerning you, brothers, beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth, 

Many preachers have only high regard for hyper grace or radical grace; instead of the words of God
They have high regard only for grace. Hence, they will interpret all the words of God with a 'bend' in their perspective of life, thinking that grace is given so that they do not have to keep any law of God, so that they can be saved irregardless of whether they walk after God's commandments or the law of their flesh, so that they can never fall even if they sin like the devils, they can never be reproved by the Holy Spirit when they sin, so that they have no more law or no more need to yield to the righteousness of God .., so that it become so unconditional that they can be totally forgiven without even the need of repentance or any change from sinful behaviour, so that .. etc.They think that they have total freedom from boring repentance or from the law of God; but actually, they are going back to another law which, Paul said, would not and cannot subject to the law of God:

• Rom 6:12-13 KJV  Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.  (13)  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. ..(15) What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.  (16)  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? (Are we under grace so that we have no more law or no more need to obey any law to do or yield to righteousness? No, on the contrary, we are under grace to do and yield more to righteousness.)
• Rom 6:17-18 KJV  But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.  (18)  Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
• Rom 7:21-25 KJV  I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.  (22)  For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:  (23)  But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.  (24)  O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?  (25)  I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. ..   (Rom 8:1) For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.  (7)  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.  (8)  So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

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Can a believer fall or renounce his eternal security?

Radical grace preachers say, "When Adam fell, he became a sinner. He didn't want to be a sinner, but could he renounce his sinnership or sin status? Of course, not. Similarly, what make you think that when you are made righteous in Christ, you can renounce your righteousness status now? No, never, impossible. If Adam or a sinner can never renounce his sins, neither can we renounce our righteousness in God too. Hence, we can never fall even if we sin or renounce our righteousness. Once we are made righteous, we are always righteous. Once we are in the light, always in the light. Once saved, always saved. Now, friends if you watching our TV programs and you are smoking, just confess that you are the righteousness of God and you will be free. Today we don't confess sins if we sin; we confess the righteousness of God and this will set us free from the bondage of sins .."


I don't see any logic to confess only righteousness when we sinned
I will tell them, If you do not confess sin when you sinned or after you sinned, you are showing the wrong way to the sinners who do not know Christ. You deceive them that they can come to God as the righteous or the proud even though they are all sinners:

• It's because many of them still think that they have not sinned and they would never confess it as sins. They still think that it is alright to commit adultery, covet, cheat, lie, and sin 'minimally'.  Hence, they would think that you have the right preaching or right believing for them. Your preaching would become a license for them to continue to sin 'minimally' like before. It's because they will think that they can just continue to sin and confess that they are the righteousness of God even though they have no intention to repent (or to do a drastic turn from their old Gentile thinking, behaviours, and ignorance to God's words, to keeping the law and the words of God). 

  1Th 4:4-5 KJV  That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;  (5)  Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: (I will tell the radical grace preachers, Paul commanded that everyone must know this. Hence, how can this become self-effort when we teach more on living right, holiness, or godly living with sanctification?)
  1Co 10:6-15 KJV  Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.  (7)  Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.  (8)  Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.  (9)  Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.  (10)  Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.  (11)  Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.  (12)  Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.  (13)  There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.  (14)  Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.  (15)  I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. (These teachings are certainly for us because it is said clearly that these are the examples, warnings, or admonition for us)

• There are also those who sin and know that they have sinned. But they would never like to confess it or admit that it is sin. Hence, they would also think that you have the right preaching or right believing for them. Your preaching may not be a license for them to continue to sin, but it is certainly a relief for them to know that they can continue to sin without the need to repent or to confess it to God. They may have gone through water baptism but they do not know the real meaning of water baptism which is not just a declaration of their faith in Christianity; but also a indication of their determination to repent and to die to sinful self. In fact, water baptism is a form of confession of sins too. The Lord's prayer in Luk 11:4 is also a form of confession of sins. 1 John 1:9 is confession of sins. Paul confession of the evil, weaknesses, and sins in his flesh (Rom 7:19) is a confession of sins. Hence, I don't see any problem with the confession of sins. If you think that confession of sins is the problem, you should not do any water baptism, because it will certainly remind you of your sins and your confession of sins. But as for us, we will continue to do and teach water baptism to the believers. Why? It's because we want to show them that we must confess that we are sinners and that we must die to our former self, including our sins, in order to live for Christ. Hence, we don't just confess our sins privately or publicly through water baptism; we also confess God's righteousness with our lives in true repentance:

Eph 4:17-25 KJV  This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,  (18)  Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:  (19)  Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.  (20)  But ye have not so learned Christ;  (21)  If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:  (22)  That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;  (23)  And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;  (24)  And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.  (25)  Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
1Pe 1:14-23 KJV  As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:  (15)  But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;  (16)  Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. ..   (22) Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:  (23)  Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

I have always heard radical grace preachers in the TV telling the sinners (or the smokers) that they should confess "I am the righteousness of God" while they smoked or sinned and it is guaranteed that they would be set free. I know that this would sound like a great theology to most of the smokers or sinners. But to us, Hmmm, big problem.. How can we confess righteousness when we sin?
Please think deeper, If an adulterer sin, will he confess "I am the righteousness of God"? Will a rapist confess "I am the righteousness of God"? No, if a person really sin, he won't confess "I am the righteousness of God" and he should not confess "I am the righteousness of God"; he should instead confess "I have sinned and I am a sinner who needs the forgiveness of God and the forgiveness of my wife".
Hence, confession of sins does not empower us to sin no more. Neither can confession of righteousness does wonder to a sinner who has the habit of sinning too.  Confession of sins is just the natural verbal expression of regret, of knowledge of wrong, of repentance, of acceptance of punishment from others, or of consent to compensate others. However, if a person has no intention to change himself or to recompense others, his confession of sins is just vain verbal repetition of words which is meaningless to God and others. There is no true repentance in his heart to admit wrong and accept responsibility for the wrong he has done. He may confess it beautifully and repeatedly, like a pro or a parrot, but he is a hypocrite. He would still be a hypocrite if he chooses to confess righteousness, thanksgivings, or the positive things instead.

• Luk 18:10-14 KJV  Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.  (11)  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.  (12)  I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.  (13)  And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.  (14)  I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

 
Can a believer fall or renounce his eternal security?
Of course, yes. This is common Bible logic: If the Bible has warned us about the need to confess our sins, a believer can still fall and sin with disobedience. They will never confess their sins with true repentance.
I will tell them, You said that Adam was a sinner and he could never renounce his sinnership. Have you forgotten how Adam had renounced his righteous status in the garden of Eden. He was created or made without sin in the garden of Eden, how come he can renounce his status and become a sinner? If this can happen to him, it can happen to any believer who renounce his righteous status and depart from God's laws too.
What we should preach today is, Don't listen to the devil. He will still come to the churches, the righteous ones in Christ, and the believers. Why? It's because he knows that he can tempt us, like he tempted Adam and Eve, to lead us to nakedness, condemnation, lawlessness, and departure from God's laws. Please think, If Satan knows that the churches or the believers can never fall, will he still tempt the churches or us? No, he will retire early, relax in one corner, and wait for his judgement. But why would he need to work so hard to tempt the churches with so much false doctrine or lawlessness teaching? It's because he knows that he can still deceive some believers who will depart from the law of God and fall like Adam and Eve:

• 2Co 11:2-4 KJV  For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.  (3)  But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.  (4)  For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
• Rev 12:15-17 KJV  And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.  (16)  And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.  (17)  And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Satan will preach lawlessness and false doctrine and it will be preached like flood water from his mouth which will corrupt many churches. But God's people who has the commandments of God will oppose him.)
• Rev 14:12 KJV  Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Hence, there are still many Bible warnings for us even though we have been made righteous by Christ to follow the laws of God. We can still fall because the temptation from Satan is not over yet. Satan can still tempt us and make us fall. He can still convince many believers and make them renounce their righteous status in Christ by doing something silly and fall like Adam and Eve. Satan will lie and say that a God's favoured one or righteous one can never die and lose his eternal security even if he sins wilfully or renounce all the laws and commandments of God.
Satan would never ask the sinners to renounce the laws and commandments of God, but he will certainly tempt those who has the law, command, or the glory of God. It's simple logic. The sinners have nothing to renounce because they have already fallen, but the believers can still fall if they listen to the words or reasoning of the lawless one. They can still fall like Adam and Eve if they are not diligent in hearing and keeping the words or command of the Lord. They will lose their garment of glory:

• Gen 2:16-17 KJV  And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:  (17)  But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. ... Gen 3:4 KJV  And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: ..  (7) And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
• Mat 22:10-14 KJV  So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.  (11)  And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:  (12)  And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.  (13)  Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  (14)  For many are called, but few are chosen.
   

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Should we have grace or the law of God in our minds?

Should we have grace or the law of God in our minds?
Of course, the law of God ! God says so. I don't care if radical grace or hyper grace preachers can convince us that they hear Jesus better or hear Jesus all the time; if God says that we should have the law of God in our minds, we will do and teach that we should think of His laws and have the His laws in our minds. It is what Jesus preached too:

• Heb 8:10-12 KJV  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:  (11)  And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.  (12)  For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Do we notice that when we have the laws of God in our mind, we do not need others to teach us, Know the Lord, Know the Lord ? We will all know Him. Did the words of God tell us not to teach the laws of God? No, His words say, And they shall not teach, Saying, Know the Lord. When we think of the laws of God or have the laws of God in our minds, God will be merciful to our unrighteousness, and our sins and our lawlessness will He remember no more. Hence, we don't think of grace, we think of God's laws. Of course, we can still think of God's grace, God's goodness, prosperity, peace, love, joy ... etc; but we must still have God's laws in our minds - it is His command.   


Should we just have good opinion of God, His forgiveness, and grace in our mind?
But Radical grace preachers would argue, "Of course, we must think of grace and His forgiveness only. If we have good opinion of God, God will have good opinion of us and forgive us all our past, present, and future sins. Thinking of the law will not help. It will not lead to repentance; but to the curse of sin. That' why Paul preached only the forgiveness of sin. See:

Act 26:18 KJV  To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Did you see any repentance from sins or things that you must do in repentance? Where? Where is repentance? Paul said, The more he think of the law and commandment not to sin, the more he sinned. Hence, Law has failed terribly. There should not be any law or repentance in our mind, in our sermon, in our preaching.. otherwise, we remind people about their sins or remind them to sin. We become the preachers of the law and condemnation like the Pharisees, we become the hypocrites.. "
I will tell them, Please go and read your Bible again, Did Paul say that the more we think of the law, the more we will sin?

• Rom 6:12-19 KJV  Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.  (13)  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God... (19) I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
  Rom 7:21-25 KJV  I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.  (22)  For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:  (23)  But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.  (24)  O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?  (25)  I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

Paul saw two laws working in the opposite direction in him: one is the law of sin and flesh which yields to unrighteousness, the other is the law of God which yield to righteousness and holiness. What was his decision and solution? So then with the mind, he would serve the law of God ! It means that he would delight in the law of God, think of the law of God, serve the law of God, and obey and yield to the law of God, whilst leave the law of sin in the flesh and put it to death through Christ. He would still want us to learn from the Old Testament people like king David or the Psalmist who thought and meditated on the laws of God: 

• Psa 1:1-3 KJV  Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.  (2)  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.  (3)  And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

We do not need to think of grace; we think of the laws of God
We know that most radical grace preachers would like to use the example of the adulterous woman in John 8:11 to prove that the Pharisees, law preachers, and those who teach the laws were hypocrites. I will ask the radical grace preachers, Would you think, if you put yourselves into the shoes of the woman or if you think of yourselves as the adulterous woman? What would you think? Would you just think of forgiveness or grace if you were the woman? You may say, "Oh, of course, I would just think of grace and grace will lead me to repentance and prosperity .. blah, blah .." But what if you were not the woman charged for adultery; you were a serial rapist, a thief, a con-artist, or a robber? Will you just think of grace, expect to be forgiven, and still live like a hero? No. If you were the thief crucified by the side of Jesus, you must accept the punishment, repent, and seek God:

• Luk 23:39-43 KJV  And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.  (40)  But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?  (41)  And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.  (42)  And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.  (43)  And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Hence, I believe that the adulterous woman in John 8:11 was not thinking of grace or forgiveness too, when she was judged in front of everyone. She was thinking of facing the punishment and judgement, like the thief on the cross. She did not expect that she could be freed because of Jesus. It was a surprise to her that she could be freed. But we know that it was grace. Probably we can say that her deliverance was much better than that of the thief who died on the cross. But both of them received grace and forgiveness of God, and they had never thought of it.
Hence, if the sinners today would all just want to think of grace and expect grace after they have sinned or before they sinned, they would not know true repentance. They could just sin with the thinking and expectation of grace. If we would just encourage the sinners to think of grace only, with no repentance, we are not responsible God's preachers. If we are responsible preachers who want to help the sinners to repent, we do not preach and tell the sinners or believers to think of grace and expect grace only:

• We would tell the sinners to repent and to have the laws of God in their minds
• We would tell the believers to continue to think and meditate on the laws of God, and do like Paul (Rom 7:21-25) and the Psalmist (Psa 1:1-3) even though the believers have been forgiven of their sins

We can never reason well if we do not build our foundation of principles, doctrine, and reasoning based on the words and commandments of God 
In fact, young believers need to learn and think of the laws of God more. Like the children, they cannot understand many things; neither can they reason very well. Hence, like parents, we would still teach them and give them short instructions, doctrine, rules, and regulation based on the laws and principles of God, which they may not like. However, they will finally understand and teach others if they will just grow and obey the words of God:

• Heb 5:12-14 KJV  For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.  (13)  For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.  (14)  But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
• Heb 6:1-3 KJV  Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,  (2)  Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.  (3)  And this will we do, if God permit.

Are the laws, commandments, first principles, and fundamental doctrine of Christ important? Certainly yes. Can we skip them and go for higher principles of reasons or reasoning instead? No, though some of us can reason very well, no one can boast that he can just skip the law and doctrine of Christ and go straight to spiritual reasoning immediately. It's because all reasoning and teaching must still be given and taught based on the laws, commandments, and the fundamental principles of Christ. I am sure this is common sense too. Who would try to reason with their kids why they should drink milk? why they cannot take chocolates everyday? why they must go to school? why they must listen to the teachers? why they must take their bath, .. etc? No, we don't reason with kids or babies who are too young to know the reasons. Yes, if you have the time to explain everything, you can try to explain to them; but I know that you are just wasting your time. It's because they have not developed the ability to reason like the adults yet, and a lot of time it is still better to give them the short and clear instructions of what to do or what not to do.
Similarly, many new believers or new converts may still want to reason with their old thinking too. It is our responsibility to show them the will, commandments, principles, and doctrine of God first before we let them use their reasons to remove or change the words of God. When they are mature enough (after knowing and doing the commandments, instructions, and doctrine of the Lord), they will just automatically cast away all their old reasoning and accept God's commandments and doctrine as the basis of all their future reasoning:

• 2Ti 3:15-17 KJV  And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.  (16)  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  (17)  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

We must have the authority of God's words in our minds to defeat Satan
And the authority of God's words is in the written commandments of God:

• Mat 4:10-11 KJV  Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.  (11)  Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Jesus did not say, It was written; He said, It is written .. Hence, Jesus showed us clearly that the written commandments of God are not obsolete. He has not only the written words of God in His mind; He has  the written commandments of God in His mind too. Hence, if we want to tell Satan to get out from us or get lost, we must have the written words and commandments of God too. It would be strange if we tell Satan to get lost by thinking of the grace of God without using the authority or commandment in the words of God.

** When there is too much 'sugar' in our food, it could become 'poison' to our body (in the body of Christ)
When Satan tempted Jesus, he could have probably used the illustration of food too and told Jesus to eat anything because of the grace and supplies of God. However, Jesus did not only show that Satan was wrong; He showed us that we must not replace the normal 'diet' of the believers with something else.
Satan could have told Jesus that He should just think of the grace and the goodness of God and jump because God's super abundant grace and protection would save Him.
Today many radical grace preachers preach grace as a mental principle whenever or before they do anything. Should we listen to them, and 'jump' ? No, Jesus said that it is written that the words of God must be our main stable food; anything else is bad even if they are better, sweeter, more desirable, more effortless, more powerful, more fantastic, more super abundant, more supernatural, and even more saving than the words of God. Yes, 'sugar' means the goodness of God, but it is not cheap. It is not meant to be taken insensibly, radically, or indiscreetly. If we do that, we will fall into the trap of Satan.

• Mat 4:4-6 KJV  But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.  (5)  Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,  (6)  And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with just sugar or sweets. We do eat pure sugar or pure honey. There is nothing wrong if we want to add more sugar in our coffee according to our individual preference too.  However, if someone tells us that we must eat only sweets or take sugar all the time and replace our main diet with it, we should tell him to get lost. Similarly, we know that there is nothing wrong with the goodness, supplies, protection, or grace of God too. However, if someone tells us that we must think of His goodness only to replace thinking of all His words and commandments in our walk with the Lord, we should tell him to get lost too.  Hence, whenever we hear someone said, "Law demands, grace supplies ..", "Grace cannot mix with any other teaching of God's words and commandments ..", or "Pure grace can prosper more effortlessly and supernaturally ..", to show that the goodness of God for our welfare is more important, that it should be the main focus of all our teaching, and that it should replace the doing and teaching of all God's commandments in a believer's life, we know that he did not come in the name of Jesus; he came as a wolf, a tempter, or a thief. He did not come to steal only money, offering, or tithes from the churches; he came to steal the written words of God from the hearts of the believers.   

Hence, if Jesus had said 3 times, "it is written, .. it is written,.. it is written..", it means that Jesus confirmed it 3 three times that the words of God with His commandments, instructions, do's and don'ts, doctrine, and principles are more important than any fantastic messages of goodness, pleasures, blessings, prosperity, and protection. It's because Satan cannot preach the commandments of God with true Spirit of the law of God; he could only twist and turn the words of God with his message of goodness, pleasures, prosperity, and protection. He may even impress us with his supply of wisdom to know more things from his gospel:

• Gen 3:4-6 KJV  And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:  (5)  For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.  (6)  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
• 2Co 11:3-4 KJV  But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.  (4)  For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
• Joh 10:9-10 KJV  I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.  (10)  The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
• Mat 13:18-23 KJV  Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.  (19)  When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.  (20)  But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;  (21)  Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.  (22)  He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.  (23)  But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
• Mar 4:14-15 KJV  The sower soweth the word.  (15)  And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
• Luk 8:11-12 KJV  Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.  (12)  Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

Hence, if it is written 3 times how the words of God (including the laws and commandments of God) can be stolen or removed from the hearts of the believers, it means that the Bible confirms it 3 times that the words of God (with His commandments, instructions, do's and don'ts, doctrine, and principles) could be received or believed by the believers, and then stolen by the devil or Satan too. Many of us thought that all those believers who fell were not believers or they were young believers. However, the Bible did not mention about their age or the duration of how long they had received the words before the words were stolen from their hearts. Hence, we know that believers could lose the words irregardless of how old they were. Some of them might even have received and believed the words with much joy (and with genuine tears of belief too), but they could still lose the words after temptation:

• Luk 8:13-14 KJV  They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.  (14)  And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. 

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How are God's preachers judged by God?

Who are God's preachers?
All God's preachers will be judged by God. But before we find out how will God judge His preachers or His people, let's find out who are God's preachers or God's people? I would think that anyone who preach God's words is God's preacher. Hence, I would think that the Pharisees and the scribes would be judged by God too, irregardless of whether they thought they were God's preachers or not. Hence, I am not too concerned if Ananias, Sapphira, or Simon (the sorcerer in Act 8:9), were true believers, agnostic believers, carnal believers, or false believers; if they preached God's words without repentance, they would be the preachers who would be judged by God too (see "The death of Ananias and Sapphira is the clear evidence that there is still judgement in the church of God" in my another post).  



How are God's preachers judged by God? 
Are they judged based on how graciously they can preach the words of God? No, it is based on how accurately they can preach the words of God.

Many will argue, "If you think that we should preach sound doctrine or sound words, follow every principle right to the dot, and teach like the Pharisees, you are wrong. Do you know that the Pharisees could teach very accurately, but they were not gracious? they were hypocrites? Hence, the danger is: when we teach legalistically and accurately like the Pharisees or the lawyers, we are bound to fall. But we are not like them. We preach more grace. Hence, who can judge us even if we preach the wrong things knowingly or unknowingly? We preach gracious things with good intention, and hence, God will never judge us because we are always His beloved and the favoured ones. He will always be gracious to us even if we sin and preach the wrong things .. Haha.. we are blessed .. Don't you think so? But many people are jealous of us .."

I will tell them, Please read your Bible again. Yes, the Pharisees did preach the words of God seriously, lawfully,  rigidly, subtly, enthusiastically, intelligently, or cunningly, but they never preached the words of God accurately. In fact, some of the Jew could have thought that the Pharisees were gracious to change the commandments of God to release them from their obligation to honour their parents. The Pharisees could have preached graciously to the people, but God still judged them severely because:

1. They made God's words and commandments of none effect. 
Mat 15:5-7 KJV  But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;  (6)  And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.  (7)  Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
Mar 7:11-13 KJV  But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.  (12)  And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;  (13)  Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

2. They removed the commandments of God or misinterpreted the laws of God so that they were justified for not doing the commandments and the will of the Father, and hence they would not enter heaven; but neither would they allow others to go in too:
Mat 7:21-23 KJV  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.  (22)  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?  (23)  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Luk 6:46-48 KJV  And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?  (47)  Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:  (48)  He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood (false doctrine) arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. Mat 23:13 KJV  But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in too. (Hence, Jesus said clearly that He would not just want us to have right believing, right faith, right miracles, right preaching, or right confession only; he wants us to have right doing with His words too, because right doing would prove that we are His true disciples on the rock of salvation.)

3. They 'ding dong' between the words of God to create double standards for themselves and others so that they can justify themselves all the time; but accuse others who would not preach like them or think like them. They confuse the people about keeping the law, the covenant, and the grace of God:

Mal 2:6-9 KJV  The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.  (7)  For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.  (8)  But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.  (9)  Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.. (17) Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
4. They preached contrary to the law and the will of God. 
Mal 3:13-15 KJV  Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?  (14)  Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?  (15)  And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. 
5. They mocked at God's commandments and judgement. 
Mal 2:17 KJV  Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment? 

When the Pharisees and the scribes spoke and taught all these, of course, it is far from preaching accurately. They were hypocrites in the eyes of God. They were the law preachers. However, if we, the grace preachers, would preach like them, what make us think that we are better than them and that preaching of law is better than preaching of grace? No, if we do not preach the words of God accurately, we can be hypocrites too, irregardless of  whether we think that we can preach grace better, or laws better than others. 
I will tell some radical grace preachers, If we preach like the Pharisees or like the false prophets above, do you still think that God cannot judge us? Of course, when I said, "If we preach like the false prophets", I do not mean that I have preached like the false prophets; I mean that anyone (including us) who preach like the false prophets would be judged severely by God. But can we argue that, if we can never preach like the false prophets, all the Bible warnings or the commandments of the Lord to teach sound doctrine are for those outside the churches? No, it is ridiculous to stop preaching repentance, commandments, and judgement just because we don't like them. If it is the doctrine of Christ, we must preach it irregardless of  whether we like it or not. Otherwise, how can we leave for higher doctrine and principles:

• Heb 6:1-3 KJV  Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,  (2)  Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.  (3)  And this will we do, if God permit.

Similarly, when John said, "If we confess our sins" in 1 John 1:9 and Paul said, "If we sin wilfully" in Heb 10:26, they did not mean that they had been sinning like the agnostic believers or false believers; but they meant that anyone (including the saints and themselves) who sinned must confess their sins and be warned of the sorer punishment and severe judgement from God. It is ridiculous to preach blindness to God's warning, message of repentance, doctrine, and judgement just because we think that none of us could sin, repent, and need any of the basic doctrine of Christ in Heb 6:1-3:

• Heb 10:26-30 KJV  For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,  (27)  But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.  (28)  He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:  (29)  Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?  (30)  For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people (The words 'of how much sorer' indicates clearly that there were two groups of people: one group will be judged more severely than the other, and both groups of people are His people. God will judge His people)
• Heb 6:4-6 KJV  For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,  (5)  And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,  (6)  If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
• Heb 12:25 KJV  See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
• 1Jn 1:6-10 KJV  If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:  (7)  But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.  (8)  If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.  (9)  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  (10)  If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.    

How accurately should we preach the words of God
It is difficult to show how accurately we should preach the words of God. Most radical grace preachers would argue that they should just think of grace and preach with the Spirit of God in them without emphasis on the accuracy of the words. They would probably quote from the following Bible verses out of context and explain how the letters can kill if we pay too much attention to the written form of the words:

• 2Co 3:6-7 KJV  Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.  (7)  But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

Of course,  we know that the Bible verses above are referring to the Old Covenant, not the written words, the written Bible, or the written Ten Commandments. Please think if any letters of accuracy is bad, how do you explain the importance of accuracy in the translation of the Bible?
Hence, accuracy in the preaching of God's words is very important. It is impossible for the young believers to appreciate or discern it unless they were properly trained in God's words, principles, and basic doctrine of Christ. It is required of every believers to leave for higher principles and doctrine:

• Heb 5:12-14 KJV  For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.  (13)  For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.  (14)  But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
• Heb 6:1-4 KJV  Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,  (2)  Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.  (3)  And this will we do, if God permit.  (4)  For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

**RAM vs OVERCLOCKING (or Our Own Words vs Changing His Words)  
So, it is difficult to show how accurately we should preach the words of God to the immature believers or preachers, and it is not my job to do it here. However, I can give a simple illustration to show why we must emphasize on the accuracy of God's words.
We know that we are not robots and computers, however, the way we should treat God's words closely may resemble the way we should deal with the clockspeed in a CPU or a microprocessor in the computer. Most computer today have a clockspeed of 2GHz (or higher). The computer manufacturer has already pre-configured this clockspeed as the standard processor speed in its Bios and specification. However, most computer users who still want to make their computers run faster could do something to increase their processor speed by:

• increasing the RAM size   
• resorting to OVERCLOCKING

Yes, in both cases, we can do it to make the computer run faster at the initial stage. However, there are hidden limitations and risks. RAM can no doubt increase the memory size of the primary storage in the CPU for processing; however, it does not increase the processor's speed or clockspeed for calculation, sorting, decoding, and execution, of machine instruction. Hence, it may not work for certain software applications which require intensive calculation or processing. Hence, increase of RAM beyond the 4GB limit may not always bring the required performance. OVERCLOCKING is another possible option. It is a process of making a computer operate faster than the clock frequency specified by the manufacturer by modifying system parameters. However, it would also increase power consumption, generating more heat, and become unstable. I have heard of friends who did OVERCLOCKING and damaged their computers.
So, what's the moral of the story. There are people who tries to change the written words of God like the way they changed the clockspeed of their computers too. They would think of many different ways to add more words and more explanations, beyond the clear limit that has been set based on the commandments of God. They would just preach anything that is radical, thinking that they could help the people to do better with their 'power' words. Yes, their intention could be good, but it is a vain effort in the eyes of God. It is like adding RAMs to their computers with no significant power to their performance. The worst damage they can bring to the people is when they tried to change the written words of God, the written commandments, and the written scripture. When God has set the clear commandments for them not to do it or change it, they would all the more rebel and do something different. It is like doing OVERCLOCKING with the self-deception of finding a better solution; but at the risk destroying the whole computer.   

Greedy preacher or False preacher? Who is more sinful?
Many radical grace preachers would apply their grace theology and say, "Of course, all of us are sinful. No one is more sinful than another. In the eyes of God, everyone who has sinned is the same. Everyone has fallen short of the glory or the grace of God.. "
I will beg to differ, not because I think that I want to discriminate people or to categorize them into the condemned or more condemned category. Yes, all of us are sinful but we must know who is worst so that we will watch our steps and do not fall into the deepest 'hole'. I don't think it is wrong to teach people to watch their steps in real life although many radical grace preachers think that it is sufficient to just look up and think of grace only, with no more thinking of God's laws. If we just want to look up all the time with no more God's laws in our minds, we will fall into the biggest and deepest hole in life:

• Psa 1:1-6 KJV  Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.  (2)  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.  .. (6)  For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
• Psa 37:23-32 KJV  The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.  (24)  Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. ..  (27)  Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.  (28)  For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.  (29)  The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.  (30)  The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.  (31)  The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.  (32)  The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

The words of the Lord have said clearly what we should be meditating - the words and the laws of God. Hence, we cannot replace the meditation of His laws with only the meditation of grace. We must do, and also teach the laws of God too.
The Old Testament has taught us to watch our steps; does it mean that, in the New Testament, we will not have to watch any more? Does it mean that we can just walk blindly with the thinking of grace and doing nothing all  the time? No, I don't think that this is the teaching of Jesus, neither is it the gospel that Paul preached. Trusting and believing in God's grace will certainly not remove the need of the believers to watch and pray during the deceitful time and days, especially when we are living in the last days. We must take heed to the words and warnings of the Lord:

• Mat 24:42-46 KJV  Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.  (43)  But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.  (44)  Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.  (45)  Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?  (46)  Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
• Mat 26:41 KJV  Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
• 1Th 5:6-8 KJV  Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.  (7)  For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.  (8)  But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
• 2Ti 4:3-5 KJV  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;  (4)  And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.  (5)  But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
• Rev 3:3 KJV  Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Yes, we know that we are all sinners in the eyes of the Lord. But did Jesus tell us who is the worst? Yes, certainly - the false prophets. We should know them, lest we follow them, become like them, or become deceived by them:

• Mat 18:6-9 KJV  But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.  (7)  Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!  (8)  Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.  (9)  And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
• Luk 17:1-2 KJV  Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!  (2)  It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
• Rev 18:20-24 KJV  Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.  (21)  And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.  .. (23) ..: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.  (24)  And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. 
• Luk 12:45-46 KJV  But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;  (46)  The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. (This shows us that believers CAN FALL and become the worst servants, and they will  judged together with the UNBELIEVERS. Who says that believers can never fall?)

Hence, those who are worst are those who HAVE tasted the goodness of God, continued to live like the people of the world, and refused to repent:

• Heb 6:4-6 KJV  For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,  (5)  And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,  (6)  If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
• Heb 10:26-30 KJV  For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,  (27)  But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.  (28)  He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:  (29)  Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?  (30)  For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
• 2Pe 2:19-22 KJV  While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.  (20)  For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.  (21)  For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.  (22)  But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Therefore, we can judge who are the worst?
Who are the worst preachers? Are they preachers who come from the greedy believers, old covenant believers, or false believers? Of course, the worst preachers according to the words of Christ are the false prophets who come from the false believers (Luk 12:45-46). Why? It is because false believers are not only greedy; they would:

• corrupt the laws of God 
• preach against all the principles of the doctrine of Christ
• lie and say that the words, warnings, and commandments of Jesus have all become obsolete 
• argue that His principles and teaching of repentance with the confession of sins, of living faith with good works, and of commandment with eternal judgement, are no longer necessary for the believers. 

Hence, false prophets are antiChrists who has no law and no principle of Christ. They are so good in their preaching that they could remove the principles and doctrine of Christ from the churches. They would say that they are not important. However, on the contrary, Paul said that they are the first or basic principles for every believers before they can become mature and leave for higher principles. They are too important to be ignored. Yes, they are basic, it does not mean that they are not important. The doctrine of repentance from dead works does not mean that doctrine of repentance is dead work. The doctrine of repentance will lead to eternal life:

• Heb 6:1-6 KJV  Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,  (2)  Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.  (3)  And this will we do, if God permit.  (4)  For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,  (5)  And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,  (6)  If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

Heb 6:6 means that the doctrine of repentance is too important to be ignored. For it is expected of us to renew ourselves again unto repentance if we are still the believers in Christ with His doctrine and principles. But if we shall fall away, it is impossible to renew ourselves again unto repentance even if we were once enlightened, and have tasted the goodness of God.


The first principles of the oracles of God and the fundamental doctrine of Christ must be taught properly and accurately
If the foundation is not right, how can the building be solid. Similarly, if the fundamental doctrine of Christ is not taught properly, the foundation of our belief would be shaky and prone to swaying from one side to another side.
Many radical grace preachers argue, "Yes, laws, principles, and doctrines are important. But they are obsolete because of the finished work of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is grace; not law. Jesus wants us to hear Him only. Jesus wants us to learn from His Spirit without any law, rules, and regulation. He loves us so much that we can feel and experience His abundant grace. When we feel that He is so good to us, we will automatically obey all the laws without any teaching, thinking, or keeping His laws..."
I will tell them, If laws, principles, and doctrine are not important, Paul would not have said that there are first principles of the law of God or doctrine of Christ for the believers:

• Heb 5:12 KJV  For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
• Heb 6:1-3 KJV  Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,  (2)  Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.  (3)  And this will we do, if God permit.

Yes, Paul knew that the first principles of the oracles of God and the principles of the doctrine of Christ are not perfect for the believers. We must grow and leave for higher principles. But did he say that we can skip these principles? No, on the contrary they are fundamental. They are basic and important for every young believer. I don't think baby can skip milk and go for solid food before they can grow into adulthood. Similarly, it is absurd to force the young believers or immature believers to go for high principles immediately.  How can we abandon the first principles, the oracles, the laws, commandments, doctrine, and teaching of Christ before they know how to think like an adult in Christ?
I will tell them, Yes, we must hear Jesus; but how do we hear Him? Is it by hearing Him through your grace teaching, instruction, sermon, utterance, or oracles? No, by hearing from the written words of God !

• Mat 4:4 KJV  But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
• Joh 7:15-18 KJV  And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?  (16)  Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.  (17)  If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.  (18)  He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

Many radical grace preachers would argue, "But the principles and doctrine of Christ are simply the words of God without any laws or demands. They are just words of grace, words of blessings, promises, and prosperity; not hard sayings, rules, regulations, dos's and don'ts, what you must do and what must not do .."
I will tell them, Please check your Bible before removing the laws and commandments of the Lord from His words. The words of God without God's commandments, instructions, or reproofs are not God's words; they are your words. The following Bible verses will show us clearly that the laws of God are the words, commandments, and the instructions of God too:

• Psa 1:1-2 KJV  Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.  (2)  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
• Mat 15:6 KJV  And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
• Mar 7:13 KJV  Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
• 2Ti 3:16-17 KJV  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  (17)  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
• Joh 6:63-64 KJV  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.  (64)  But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him ... (68) Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life...  Joh 14:15 KJV  If ye love me, keep my commandments. ...  Joh 15:10 KJV  If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.  
• 1Jn 2:3-7 KJV  And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.  (4)  He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.  (5)  But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.  (6)  He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.  (7)  Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

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