In other words, a lack of
eternal security leads to legalism.
Not exact matches
But a strong, Biblical understanding of God's grace, a grace that gives us everything for free, a grace that is not earned, not worked for, and can not be lost or destroyed, a grace that covers over all our sins, this kind of grace
leads to one thing —
eternal security.
Much of what the west has long taken for granted is now disappearing: the
security provided by Christendom; the Christian way of interpreting reality; the confidence that the Christian path
leads to
eternal salvation; and the belief that Christian doctrine embodies the essential and unchangeable truths by which to live.
Yet of two things the Christian can be confident: that the way of brotherhood and mutual understanding is God's way, which if followed
leads to justice,
security, and peace; and that if man does end his collective life upon earth, God will still reign in his
eternal Kingdom.