Some of the most extreme statements you will read anywhere on the Gospel come from Antonio. His views are examples of what the GES faction of the Free Grace community has spiraled down to by following the teaching of Hodges. Here is an example.

“The Mormon Jesus and Evangelical Jesus are one and the same.” Read it here…
http://indefenseofthegospel.blogspot.com/2008/01/can-biblical-jesus-mormon-jesus-be-one.html

Antonio da Rosa’s “Crossless” interpretation of the Gospel and extremism is NOT representative of the Free Grace community at large.

LM

D) Postively, God holds out treasures, rewards, incentives, glories, honors, and privileges to those who faithfully endure, keeping Christ’s words and works, persevering until the end. Such superlative experiences of co-reigning with Christ, co-inheriting with Him, and sharing in the joy that He won (Heb 12:3).

E) True life, with its attendent purpose, significance, and meaning — abundant life! — comes when one not only hears and reads the words of God, but applies them (Js 1:25). Shipwreck, the loss of true life and purpose comes when one disregards God’s word (Mt 7:24-27; 10:39).

Here it is as plainly as can be:

1) Eternal life is free. You can take the waters of life freely, no strings attached, no caveats, no provisos (Rev 22:17).

2) Eternal life is received the moment that one believes in Jesus for it. The one who entrusts his eternal destiny into the hands of Christ has everlasting life (Jn 6:47).

3) When one believes into Christ, he is born again (Jn 3:16 c.f. 3:3).

4) When one is born again, he partakes of the divine nature (2 Pet 1:4).

5) This divine nature cannot sin (1 Jn 3:9).

6) The old nature still exists in the ontological makeup of the Christian (Eph 4:22)

7) The Christian is positionally dead and raised with Christ (Rom 6:1-10).

But the Christian must apply that position experientially (Rom 6:11-14).

God does not drag anyone down the path of obedience. He has given the Christian every advantage! If the Christian does not avail himself of the graces afforded to him by the riches of Christ, he will not have the abundant life, nor will he have the crowning experience of life in the kingdom of God, although he will be saved, yet as through fire (1 Cor 3:15).

Does anyone wish to have a profitable conversation and have an open mind along with an open bible? I am willing to entertain your questions.

Please be prayerful about this position.

You see:

eternal life is absolutely free

but the abundant life now and the crowning experience of life in the kingdom (and deliverance from death and purposelessness) is contingent on our faithfulness to Christ now.

Blessed be God for His abundant grace!

Free Grace!

Antonio da Rosa

If one drinks of the water that Christ gives, he will never thirst for it again. The man Zane speaks about drank the water and will never thirst again.

Let me tell you all something. Imagine this. Why would God make one inevitably and relentlessly disposed toward sanctification, yet leave him to allow sin in his life? This is incongruent. Does God produce half-works (at best)?

Here is the answer:

God gave us a divine nature that cannot sin. He gave us all things that pertain to life and to godliness. He gave us exceedingly precious and great promises whereby we can be delivered from the lusts of the world.

But what gets imparted to us when we are regenerated by faith is in seed form. All those potentials lie latent in that divine nature. Like the small seed of a mighty oak, they need to be cultivated by light, depth, nourishment, hydration, and time. That small seed, imparted by regeneration, has unlimited potential! But that seed, by itself, although having the potential to produce a tree of indescribable stature and glory, needs the tender loving care of the one entrusted with it.

Why is one Christian more productive than the other? Precisely because he has contributed greater facilitation to that seed than the other.

Am I banned or something? Why did you delete my comment?

You said, “Generally, people who don’t believe in Lordship accuse “us” of saying that works are needed for salvation.

That is NOT what “we” are saying.”

Would you be interested in quotes from LS authors that contradict this? And how many would influence you to think otherwise? 1, 10, ? I recently did a short study of one book and found at least 30. The author would be someone very familiar to you.

Wow, I missed that so I went and took a long…look and I can see that either you are not sure so your asking but what your saying by your answers you seem sure. So maybe your just trying to convince others of your view.

I have to admit I haven’t read all of the response to the Heb 6 issue and really don’t need to because I do know one thing, Christ died for me cause I couldn’t pay the price and no one before Him was qualified and no one since. I can do nothing to earn it, keep it, or continue in it. May I genuinelly suggest you do a study on the topic of pride because pride is the only thing I can think of that would make one think he can by works save himself.

May God give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him and may the eyes of your heart be enlightened so that you will know what is the hope of His calling and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints and what is the surpassing greatness of HIS POWER toward us who believe.

God keeps us, He promises us, the Bible tells me so.
KC