http://heidelblog.net/2012/10/in-by-grace-stay-in-by-faithfulness:
To desire sanctity in God’s people is a very good thing. God clearly reveals himself in Scripture as desiring, even demanding it of his people. What Scripture teaches and what the Reformation rediscovered, however, is that making our acceptance with God in any way conditional upon our obedience or our cooperation with grace will never produce the sanctity desired.
"[M]aking our acceptance with God in any way conditional upon our obedience or our cooperation with grace will never produce the sanctity desired."
ReplyDeleteIsn’t that position at variance with the Triablogue position that our "'eternal security' is conditional on perseverance"?
E.g., http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2012/06/unconditional-eternal-security.html