RBDERRICK
Supporter
Sometimes the words alone condemn the doctrine. Why would any Christian naming Christ, especially these days, ever want to use the word 'Progressive' for their personal doctrine of sanctification?
In any case, Liberal progressivism is secular humanitarianism of good or bad works by man's own judgment, not God's. It's founded upon the moral relativism of no clear and firm line between black and white, light and dark, good and evil.
However, there is another side of moral relativism: Frequency of deeds.
Frequency is where progressive sanctification of 'gradual' repentance, becomes moral relativism in the churches.
The goal is only to sin less than before, and now do more good than evil. It's not the commanded repentance of the righteous Lord to repent of all our sins and trespasses.
Condemnation of sin is not by the act itself, but only by the frequency, or 'commitment', to the sinning: The Lord says the soul that sins shall die, not the soul that sins too much...
Progressive repentance is the relative frequency of sinning, as compared to before. But progressive sanctification also judges sinning frequency relative to others.
And so, God's standard of the act no longer draws the line between good and evil, light and dark, but only man's relative standard of frequency.
And who draws that relative line of judgment? They do. They become the frequency-judges of works in their own churches. They judge among themselves whose faith is 'salvific' or not.
Note: I have never heard from anyone preaching their own church's progressive sanctification and judgment of works by frequency, who also confess their own relative frequency of sinning is too much, and not less 'enough' for their own faith to be 'efficacious' enough for salvation and justification with God.
But, since 'salvific' faith is judged by frequency of works relative to before and to one another, then isn't justification by faith still judged by works? And since it's not God, but themselves that judge the works-to-frequency quotient, then is not their own, and their justification with themselves, and not God?
Are not they become the teachers of their own progressive sanctification, and judges to be justified with by acceptable frequency of sinful deeds?
Gen
{3:5} For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
In any case, Liberal progressivism is secular humanitarianism of good or bad works by man's own judgment, not God's. It's founded upon the moral relativism of no clear and firm line between black and white, light and dark, good and evil.
However, there is another side of moral relativism: Frequency of deeds.
Frequency is where progressive sanctification of 'gradual' repentance, becomes moral relativism in the churches.
The goal is only to sin less than before, and now do more good than evil. It's not the commanded repentance of the righteous Lord to repent of all our sins and trespasses.
Condemnation of sin is not by the act itself, but only by the frequency, or 'commitment', to the sinning: The Lord says the soul that sins shall die, not the soul that sins too much...
Progressive repentance is the relative frequency of sinning, as compared to before. But progressive sanctification also judges sinning frequency relative to others.
And so, God's standard of the act no longer draws the line between good and evil, light and dark, but only man's relative standard of frequency.
And who draws that relative line of judgment? They do. They become the frequency-judges of works in their own churches. They judge among themselves whose faith is 'salvific' or not.
Note: I have never heard from anyone preaching their own church's progressive sanctification and judgment of works by frequency, who also confess their own relative frequency of sinning is too much, and not less 'enough' for their own faith to be 'efficacious' enough for salvation and justification with God.
But, since 'salvific' faith is judged by frequency of works relative to before and to one another, then isn't justification by faith still judged by works? And since it's not God, but themselves that judge the works-to-frequency quotient, then is not their own, and their justification with themselves, and not God?
Are not they become the teachers of their own progressive sanctification, and judges to be justified with by acceptable frequency of sinful deeds?
Gen
{3:5} For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.