Protestantism is False Because of Romans 8:2
Most false gospels are based on interpreting soteriology from a single perspective on the law. Protestantism is included in this error as well. Romans 8:2 discusses two laws, “the law of the Spirit of life in Christ” and “the law of sin and death.” Both words for “law” in this passage are “nomos,” meaning a written law or moral code. Many Protestant theologians try to interpret nomos in this passage as two spiritual realms, which of course, is overt hermeneutical error. The word for a spiritual realm is a totally different word.
In addition, the correct interpretation of Romans 8:2 is confirmed by several other passages in scripture, particularly the Spirit’s two uses of the law to convict the world of sin and the judgment to come, and the Spirit’s use of the law to sanctify God’s children.
Because of Protestantism’s single perspective on the law, perfect law-keeping is the standard for righteousness, not the new birth. The so-called believer remains under the condemnation of the law, and being under grace is a covering for remaining under law. In other words, according to the Protestant gospel, a believer is both under law and under grace, or in other words, a “sinner (defined in the Bible as being under condemnation) saved by grace” (actually, being saved by grace because Protestantism teaches that salvation is a “process”).
Consequently, Protestantism denies a biblical definition of the new birth that plunges us into Jesus’ death resulting in the law of sin and death no longer having jurisdiction over us (because the old us is dead, and dead people cannot be indicted), and raising us together with Christ resulting in us being under the power of the Spirit’s use of the law for sanctification.
This doesn’t mean that a born-again Christian is free from all consequences concerning a poo-pooing of the law’s moralism. But, there is a clear biblical demarcation between condemnation and fatherly chastisement that is done from love and not wrath. Protestantism denies this distinction, and conflates condemnation with chastisement in the same way that it conflates all other distinctions between under law and under grace.
The unavoidable result of this is a salvation process that involves church. And by the way, 99.99% of all churches teach from a single perspective on the law. Church isn’t an option. No surprise then that the New Testament ekklesia is not church as we know it; church as we know it comes along about 300 years later.
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Death is NOT OK
If you are struggling with the death of a loved one, human or pet, please be free. You are not in bondage to “accepting it” or moving on. You are free to never accept it. Don’t worry, the body and mind will adjust and you will adapt through a new homeostasis because part of you is gone that you will never get back. You can be happy again because your body and mind will create a new normal for you.
This is because God doesn’t accept death. The Bible never states that “death is a normal process of life.” That’s pure nonsense. In fact, the Bible states that death is God’s “enemy” and will be the “last enemy that He will defeat.” This is one reason I love being a nurse; I am fighting God’s enemy. When we lose the fight, it’s not ok, but we know that we will eventually win the war through Christ. My father was a Mason, and I am not advocating for Free Masonry, but during their memorial service for my dad, the speaker, arrayed in his Mason uniform with a sword at his side, said, “We are here today to celebrate the life of Harry Dohse who has been struck down by this world.” I love that. That is so true. Death is not a natural process of life, it’s a homicide committed by a fallen world.
Of late, my favorite Bible verse is Hebrews 2:14,15, “Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.” It’s ok to fear an enemy, though we overcome that fear in order to defeat them. Christ died to free us from enslavement to fear. But that doesn’t make death a part of life; death is God’s enemy. If you are not ok with death, that’s ok because God isn’t either. As nurses, we see it all the time with families and even doctors: requests or orders that reflect denial concerning the inevitable, and I am totally ok with that because death should be denied. Absolutely, I will reorder those eyedrops or Atorvastatin right away. This reflects last vestiges of hope, and is part of the mourning process. The patient is 100 years old and is Full Code? Why is that not ok? Too much life? Why would death be given permission at all? Has death become our friend because our life isn’t what it was?
We should never be in a hurry to surrender to death. In the dying process, dealing with it holistically and embracing God’s enemy is a fine line.
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Paul's Passing Thoughts 
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