Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the great German pastor, theologian, and martyr was asked in 1943 how it was possible for the Church to sit back and let Hitler seize absolute power. In his book, The Cost of Discipleship, he stated hyper grace: “Was the teaching of cheap grace.”Chima Anaele SylvanusWhat follows is an excellent commentary on this false doctrine by my new guest writer;
"if I perish, I perish". Esther 4:16
I could remember years back when this text became a reality to me. I was about making a crucial decision for God's glory that could literally destroy my whole life and career from a worldly perspective, but I was determined to make the right decision in following Jesus because I had come to the end of my self but in all God favored me because he saw my sincere heart to please him.
I didn't perish as I thought I would, but yet I could see God achieving something in me from that day on, "dying to self"
I strongly believe this is one of God's Call to every believer In Christ. Esther was not even in the new covenant, yet she knew how to die to self. She knew that doing God's will was going to place a cost on her life even if it cost her life or her crown.
