The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message by Paul Ellis

Author:Paul Ellis [Ellis, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christianity, God, Grace, Love
Publisher: KingsPress
Published: 2014-04-02T04:00:00+00:00

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. (Colossians 3:13)

We are not supposed to wait until those who sin against us repent and confess before we forgive them. We’re supposed to forgive them as the Lord forgave us. On the cross Jesus forgave the men who put Him there (Luke 23:34). These were men who hated Him, cursed Him, and tortured Him. None of these men confessed or repented. Some of them actually thought they were doing the Lord’s work. Yet Jesus forgave them all.

This is how it is supposed to be with us. We are to forgive as the Lord forgave us. If we waited for everyone who hurt us to apologize and ‘fess up before we forgave them we would become embittered grace-killers (see Heb. 12:15).

Does this mean hyper-grace preachers are opposed to confession of sin? Of course not. We are merely saying there is a difference between healthy and unhealthy confession. Healthy confession, or agreeing with God, helps us receive grace and is useful for breaking the power of sin in our lives. But unhealthy confession, which is verbalizing unbelief in the goodness of God and the finished work of the cross, perpetuates a cycle of Adamic self-reliance and death.[73]

Page 63: Dr. Brown disputes the hyper-grace teaching that says “the moment you were saved, your future sins were pronounced forgiven.” Well if we’re defining forgiveness as the Bible does (literally, the carrying away of sins), then you’d better hope this is true because Jesus isn’t going back to the cross. Incidentally, we don’t say your sins were forgiven the moment you were saved. You were forgiven much earlier than that.

Pages 66–7: Dr. Brown quotes at length from an article attacking the “imbecilic, ignorant, or crazy” logic that says there is no need for Christians to repent or otherwise deal with “momentary blemishes and spots.” Since I don’t know any hyper-grace preacher who says such imbecilic, ignorant, and crazy things, I see no need to respond. For more on the myth that hyper-grace preachers are against repentance, see Part B (Myth #1).

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