Believing salvation guarantees future reward frees Christians from present moral responsibility
Evidence
There is no teaching quite as conducive to godless living on the part of Christians than the teaching that all Christians, no matter how they live their lives here and now, will someday rule and reign with Christ. This philosophy frees Christians from any responsibility toward God in regards to daily living. This is the type of theology that has caused our kids to say, “Hey, I’m saved; that’s all I care about, it doesn’t really matter how I live my life now.” — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory, 136
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Future authority positions in Christ’s kingdom depend on present faithfulness — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory: The…, 99; Apparent-effort salvation passages target sanctification, not justification — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory: The…, 1497; Divine predestination does not absolve individuals of moral responsibility (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Belief in Christ’s imminent return absolved evangelicals of duty to reform society
#exemplifies(0.85) — Randall Balmer, Bad Faith, 55 - Apparent-effort salvation passages target sanctification, not justification
#qualifies(0.80) — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory, 1497 - Sacrifice deceives the god and grounds the ego’s deferral of present to future
#expands(0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1382 - Proslavery Christianity framed enslavement as divinely sanctioned mutual benefit
#exemplifies(0.80) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 241 - Divine predestination does not absolve individuals of moral responsibility
#responds-to(0.75) - Salvation must be secured in finite present action, not a mythical future.
#contradicts(0.75)