Following a brief review of earlier posts, we consider some other dangers that come along with Keswick beliefs. Inner promptings, self-emptying, a shallow view of sin, and one’s loss of the Spirit are just a few. Not to mention how Keswick thinking can create room in the church for too many spurious Christians.
Category: A legalist’s options
Keswick: Let Go and Redefine? (3)
Keswick ideology redefines faith, holiness, and progressive sanctification. Elitism replaces spiritual transformation. Two experiences of passive faith emerge. And, Jesus gets doled out piece-meal.
Keswick: Let Go & Let God (2)
Keswick theology teaches that sanctification is total spiritual surrender and an inner experience of passive faith. It does not include your good works.
Sanctification: Let Go and Let God? (1)
The Keswick theology seems so beautifully God-glorifying. But, is it reformed? Is this even more distinctively reformed? The idea that ‘God does it all’ gets redefined by this movement.
Sanctification: Let Go and Contemplate?
Sharing a few wise thoughts about sanctification; what it is, and what it is not. Borrowed from Biblical Counseling for Women and Linda Rice. Who really sanctifies us and how is it accomplished? This is not an in-depth study about sanctification, but wise thoughts in response to recent changes in emphasis in some christian circles.
Now What? Grace!
By understanding and tasting union with Christ himself by faith, we can have a right relationship to the law. This sets free both the legalist and antinomian.
Now What? Antinomianism? (3)
Antinomianism is merely a reaction to the discovery of one’s legalism, it is not the answer. It supplies a different view of the law, but not a biblical view. The problem is not the law, it is the heart.
Now What? Antinomianism? (2)
Theological antinomians claim that the law has no role in the life of the believer. For them, the law always opposes grace. Always. For them, faith makes you free from the law.
Now What? Antinomianism?
The legalist views antinomianism as its opposite. Since Satan used the law to entrap one into legalism, the former legalist moves as far away from the law as possible. So, the legalist turns to antinomianism for the cure.
Now What? Neonomianism? (2)
Neonomianism emphasizes belief as the premier good act of faith, inadvertently separating faith and belief, and implicating free will. The Reformation’s idea of justification, with its double imputation is denied in Neonomianism. Richard Baxter was an early Neonomian teacher. There are parallels with Baxter’s teachings and Roman Catholicism that cannot be ignored. By allowing for inherent righteousness, instead of the alien righteousness from Christ, Neonomianism downplays the importance of Christ’s atonement for our sin; and his work that reconciles us to God.