Now add to this the idea that there is no more law, no more legal
requirements, but only guidelines. Once we accept that, then nobody is
condemned if they only once get drunk, or only once fornicate, or only once
commit adultery, or only once divorce, or only once covet, or only once
steal, or only once lie, etc. I have no problem with the concept of mercy
and grace being extended to those who have fallen short in these areas, but
to say that the commandments of Christ are only guidelines that do not need
to be strictly followed means to me that grace and mercy is not really grace
and mercy because there is no longer any law. If there is no longer any
law, then nobody is condemned by anything they do. In such a world,
everyone could live lawless lives and it does not really matter because
nobody of guilty of anything no matter what they do. No repentance
necessary. Sin does not really exist in any tangible form because there is
no longer any law. Isn't this the end of their conversation?
How easy it is when things are established in monologue.
