Hey JM. Sorry for not replying to that post til now.
I read those 2 quotes you posted, and no, Terry and I are not saying the same thing at all... not even close. So I'm not sure which parts you thought were saying the same thing.
Terry has her own version of the Gospel....which I think is not only wrong, but sad, dismal, anthropocentric, legalistic, and about as far away from the true Gospel of Grace as one can get.
She insists that it's the New Covenant, but she is playing word games. For example, calling it the "law of faith" to make it sound like it's about faith, but it's not about faith at all, it's about works. Or throwing in other spiritual-sounding words, to make it sound like it's about God, but it's not...it's all about man's works, man's performance, man's efforts.
Yes, Terry, we've heard your response to that a million times... so you don't have to keep repeating yourself. I know your theory on the covenants, and that "works" to you only means the Mosaic covenant.
Once again, you are playing word games while ignoring the whole point... ignoring the big huge elephant in the room.
It's the Old Covenant mindset all over again.
No matter what name you give it, or what phrases you attach to it ("led by the Spirit") it still boils down to the same thing..... the idea that we are saved by
our works,
our law-keeping,
our performance.
In fact, Jesus' death on the cross was entirely pointless, with your version of the Gospel (something I stated in the video, which you didn't bother to watch.)
Did Jesus die for the remission of your sins, Terry, yes or no?
If He didn't die to pay the price for your sins....or for anyone's sins (since we're still under condemnation, according to your sad, legalistic version of the Gospel... something that blatantly contradicts Romans 8:1 and about 30,000 other scriptures) then why did Jesus have to die, Terry?
You have a works-based, Old Covenant mindset.
I don't want to be too hard on you, but your version of the Gospel is like a heavy dark cloud of gloom and doom.
The very word Gospel means
GOOD news!
But what is so good about your version of the Gospel? Absolutely nothing.
- Jesus did not pay the full debt for you, once and for all, with your version of the Gospel. Because you think you can pay it yourself.
- You cannot be truly saved in this life, with your version of the Gospel. The word 'saved' becomes meaningless.
- There is no Grace with your version of the Gospel... just works, law-keeping, and religion.
- There is no peace with your version of the Gospel.... because it hinges on fallible men, not infallible God.
- There is no assurance with your version of the Gospel. Yet another thing that blatantly contradicts scripture.
- There is no joy with your version of the Gospel. What is so joyful about "You have to constantly strive to measure up or be thrown in hell."
- There is no new life with your version of the Gospel. As I said in the video, trying to get saved through our works is like spraying perfume on a corpse.
It's just religion. And if you would've watched the video, you would've seen that one of the points was that just about every false religion in the world, and every cult has at least one thing in common.... they are works-based.
The one thing that makes Christianity unique is that it's about God's GRACE.
Your version of the Gospel took the one thing that makes Christianity unique, and tossed it out.
That is sad. Very sad.
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