The Big Lie

Acts 13:39, “And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.”

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“Free Grace Gives People a Free Ticket to Sin”

Expose the Lie. Reveal What They Refuse to Say.

There is a charge constantly leveled against Free Grace theology:

“If salvation is free and eternally secure, then people are free to live however they want.”

• That statement sounds forceful.
• It sounds moral.
• It sounds protective of holiness.
• But it is not honest.

Because it deliberately ignores the other half of the biblical argument.

The Lie Is Not What They Say — It’s What They Omit

• They talk endlessly about salvation.
• They warn loudly about assurance.
• They threaten constantly with loss.
• But they say almost nothing about divine discipline.

That omission is not accidental. It is essential to keeping the accusation alive.

Remove discipline from the conversation, and grace looks reckless.
Restore discipline, and the accusation collapses.

This Is a Category Error, Not a Moral Concern

The argument assumes something Scripture never teaches:

“If salvation cannot be lost, then consequences disappear.”
That is not biblical logic.
That is philosophical fear.

Scripture never ties daily behavior to eternal destiny.

It ties behavior to fellowship, discipline, and reward.

Eternal life is a gift.

Accountability is ongoing.

Those are not competing truths.
They are complementary ones.

What Free Grace Actually Teaches

• Free Grace does not say sin is harmless.
• Free Grace does not say obedience is optional.
• Free Grace does not say God looks the other way.

Free Grace says something far more sobering:

• You cannot undo regeneration. But you can invite divine discipline.
• You can lose intimacy with God.
• You can suffer real consequences in this life.
• You can forfeit eternal rewards.

That is not leniency. That is seriousness without fear-mongering.

Divine Discipline Is the Missing Doctrine

God disciplines believers precisely because they are secure.
Discipline is not the threat of rejection.
Discipline is the proof of sonship.

A judge punishes criminals.
A Father disciplines children.

If God never disciplined His people, grace would be suspect.
But Scripture says He does — firmly, personally, and lovingly.
Grace does not remove God’s hand.

Grace explains why that hand belongs to a Father, not an executioner.

The Irony They Never Address
If fear of Hell were the only thing restraining sin, then assurance would be morally dangerous.

Yet, Scripture does not motivate holiness with terror of damnation.

It motivates holiness with:

• love
• identity
• accountability
• discipline
• future evaluation

Fear-based systems produce outward conformity and inward anxiety.

Grace-based systems produce responsibility grounded in security.

The Real Issue Is Control, Not Holiness

Threat-based religion needs uncertainty to function. Grace removes leverage.

When eternal life is settled, teaching must appeal to truth, growth, and responsibility — not fear. That makes grace dangerous to systems built on intimidation. So they call it license.

The Mic Drop

Free Grace does not teach: “Sin freely.”

Free Grace teaches:

“You are eternally secure —and therefore fully accountable to a holy Father who disciplines His children.”
The Big Lie is not grace.
The Big Lie is pretending discipline doesn’t exist.

SOURCE: GraceAnswers.Info