Fire insurance Christian
I’m sure you are wondering what do these three words have to do with theology? Well, there are many “professing Christians” who believe in Jesus only to escape the fires and tortures of hell. They do not have a desire to change their wicked lifestyle or to live holy which the Bible demands we do once we are born again (Lev 11:44, 45; 19:2; 20:7; I Pet 1:16). It is what some have called easy believe-ism or cheap grace. A person who only wants a “fire-insurance-salvation”, does not have true salvation, but on the way to the hell they think they are avoiding. Shame on anyone who would cheapen the atonement of Christ as common, and not the single most solitary expression of love ever committed in history (Heb 10:29). Let us think about this for a moment, since God was willing to send the very best He had, His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ to come and die a sinner’s death for us, wouldn’t one think that the least we could do as believers in Christ is live holy lives th