K052. Jesus said, "I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish Luk 13:3,5 KJV"

Many preachers avoid preaching it and explain that it is too condemning. Some may still preach it but they would try to reason that it is not for them because:
1. It was for the Jews,
2. It was for those who were under the law, or
3. It was for those who were really wicked

I will ask them to read the full Bible context: Luk 13:2-4 KJV  And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?  (3)  I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.  (4)  Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
Obviously Jesus said that repentance is for everyone even if we think that it is not for us. He also showed clearly that repentance is something everyone or every sinner must do to be saved.

Many radical grace preachers who have rejected the words of Jesus try to corrupt the meaning of repentance when they realize that they cannot deny it. They now argue that repentance is just to believe and change their mind because they are not as wicked as the Jews in Luk 13:2-5. However, I find it ironical when they try to argue that they are not as wicked as the Jews in Luk 13:2-5. It is because the more they argue, the more they would behave and think like the Jews in Luk 13:2-5, and the more Jesus would say the same words to them to show them why they must still repent from their self-righteousness and sins.

Hence, sin is not something committed by only the wicked people. Sin can be committed by everyone because we are all sinners. Hence, when we repent, we don't try to reason and please ourselves by saying or thinking that we can just 'repent more righteously' by changing our minds (without the need to confess any of our sins). This is a greater deception than the deception which tells people not to repent.

In fact, Jesus has always shown us how a holy God cannot accept sin or accept any people who refuse to confess their sins and repent. In many of His parables and doctrine, Jesus would tell the serious consequence of sin and rebellion against God when there is no true repentance:
Mat 11:20-22 KJV  Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:  (21)  Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.  (22)  But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. (In these Bible verses, Jesus has defined what He thinks about repentance: it is done with active, visible, or even drastic move.  It is certainly not just change of mind)

Many argue that repentance and judgement of those who sin without repentance was an old Jewish doctrine which has become obsolete even though it was repeatedly preached by Jesus Christ. I will ask them to read the following Bible verses under the New Testament:
2Pe 2:4-10 KJV  For if God spared not the angels that sinned, .. (5)  And spared not the old world, .. (6)  And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;  .. (9)  The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:  (10)  But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

This means that God is so serious against sins (any form of sins) that it is unlikely for Him to favour anyone who still sins and boasts that he is the beloved of Jesus Christ by grace. The more anyone deliberately boasts about the grace of God because he sins, the more he would be condemned by God. It is  because God would not allow His grace to be used as something to exalt itself but promote sin. God forbid:
Rom 6:1-15 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? .. (15) What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

Many radical grace preachers quote the above Bible verses to show why their preaching of grace will never tell people to sin. But ironically somewhere along the line, they would switch and assure the people that, if they sin or no matter how they sin, God's grace will save them. I will ask them, Do you understand the tone when Paul said, "God forbid"? It means God forbid - it is a serious warning with absolutely no compromising tone. But why do you switch the tone and give your own compromise. Yes, you may have quoted Rom 6:1-15 repeatedly to show the people that your radical grace or hyper grace is a solid teaching against sins, but in reality, it is a vain, ding dong bell, or lukewarm doctrine which gives people the compromise in grace and sin. It is even a shame for you to say, 'God forbid' when you never mean it.

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