Wacky Wednesday--Antinomianism Is Right: Sins Don’t Matter

Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.

~If good works can’t promote salvation, how can evil works hinder it?
~If we were capable of obeying the moral law, then we wouldn’t need the sacrifice of Christ, right?
~If salvation can’t be lost, then what would it matter how you live?
~Just as we don’t make sacrifices at the temple any longer, why would we need to obey the teachings of the law any longer?
~Circumcision has been done away with, why not the entire moral law?
~This solves the very tricky problem of distinguishing the parts of the Old Testament that still apply from those that do not. None of them do.
~The just shall live by faith, not by anything they do or avoid doing.
~David was a man after God’s own heart, despite adultery and conspiracy to commit murder.
~If you reject this, why is your view of Christian liberty so narrow?
~God welcomes and saves all people, not just the well-behaved.
~Isn’t this just the logical conclusion to be drawn from the concept of justification by faith alone?
~We are either under the law or under grace, not a little of both.
~This seems to be the dominant view held by mainline Protestants today, at least concerning sexual sins. How likely is it that all of them are just wrong?
~Consider how liberating it is to embrace this reality. Now you’re truly free to love God and even to honor Him in your behavior, since what you do earns you nothing and forfeits you nothing.
~Once saved, always saved, but with footnotes?
~We’re going to sin anyhow, so why fight it?
~The more we sin, the better God looks, right?
~The thief on the cross was saved without any works whatsoever, right?

Links:

Antinomianism (Catholic Encyclopedia)
Antinomianism (Grace Valley Christian Center)
What is Antinomianism (Got Questions)
Antinomianism Misapplied (Robert Traill)