Tony Evans: Sinning Saints

by: DanielLaLondJr.
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The evangelical, Christian leader Dr. Tony Evans believes that, "committed Christians may fall into sin, but a carnal Christian bathes in, he has the mindset, motivation and methodology of sin."

Christians who bathe in sin? Is repentance and self denial optional to salvation? According to Dr. Evans the answer is "yes." There are "saints who act more sinful than sinners," insists Dr. Evans "even though they are on their way to heaven." Whether a professing Christian is murderous, denies Christ or even adopts Satan's lifestyle Dr. Evans promises paradise to the unrepentant. The apostle Paul might question Dr. Evans in this manner: "Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey-whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?" (Rom 6:16).

Tony Evans plainly promises paradise to those alleged "sinning saints" who bathe in sin. Reader, ask yourself, what career criminal or devil doesn't do likewise? Perhaps heaven will be full of devils if Dr. Evans dogma is accurate. If Romans 6:16 and the following were all the holy writ had to say on the matter, which they are not, these scriptures would be plenty to label Tony Evans' sinning saint notion as heresy. Consider:

No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother. 1 John 3:9-10

In spite of Tony Evans' cries to the contrary, a sinning saint who "bathes in sin" will be lost. The salvation offered through the gospel of Christ is salvation from sin rather than salvation in sin. As contrary to pop religious sentiment as this may seem inspiration teaches: "He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning." 1 John 3:8

For those who desire freedom from the chains of sin the gospel is good news. For those sinning saints, however, who desire the best of both worlds the gospel is bad news. When addressing those professing Christians who insisted on continuing in sin Paul wrote with a heavy heart:

For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. Phil 3:18-19

Alleged "carnal Christians" who find comfort in the words of Dr. Evans are not destined for streets of gold, sadly, they are "enemies of the cross of Christ" who have believed a lie. The sinning saint theory of Tony Evans is a deception. It is theological soothsaying lulling the people of God into spiritual lethargy and ruin.

About the Author

With nearly 400 pages and over 800 footnotes Daniel LaLond Jr's book, The Lying Promise probes the gospel of Dr. Tony Evans. It also debunks teachings like eternal security, the carnal Christian and false grace.