"Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15, KJV).
Lordship Salvation fails to uphold the following biblical distinctions, but instead co-mingles them:
- Do vs. Done
- Law vs. Grace
- Salvation vs. Discipleship
- Faith vs. Works
- Justification vs. Sanctification
- Spiritual vs. Carnal
Proponents of Lordship Salvation may give lip service to some of these distinctions, but in practice they do not maintain those distinctions. For example, Lordship Salvationists will say that salvation is by grace alone, but then if you don't measure up to some artificial standard of good behavior, your supposed "salvation by grace" is null and void. The same is true in regards to faith and works. They say that salvation is by faith alone, but they define faith in such a way as to include works.
Can you think of any other biblical distinctions that Lordship Salvation has failed to distinguish?
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