What is the Antinomian Heresy?

While this heresy takes shape in church history, there are modern versions of it in our time. Antinomianism is the belief in “no law”. More specifically it’s no belief in a divine or moral law. While in Christianity we believe that we are not under the Old Law, divine and moral laws still exists and should be obeyed. God’s nature hasn’t changed just because we have a New Testament and when people try to say that there is no law, they commit this heresy. As soon as people’s sins brings them to the point that they want to redefine divine laws, spiritually they are in serious trouble. People can become beast-like in their desire to sin, and I personally believe we can cause serious problems in nature when you tamper with the divine laws.

What are divine laws? These are laws that God uses to govern people and the universe. Some are natural laws and some are moral laws. When we break these laws, there are consequences that naturally follow, like when we break an arm or a leg. We begin to feel the consequences when we experience things in nature or ourselves going wrong. God’s moral laws are laws that God gives us to live our lives. They are found mostly in the Bible, but can also be found in nature and in our consciences. We feel guilt when we break the moral law, and we need to repent for doing so. The consequences for breaking the divine moral law can be eternal despair. We might commit an eternal sin by breaking the Divine moral law.

In order for humanity to be restored after breaking divine or moral laws, there must be a Divine Intervention, which precisely is what conversion and continuous conversion is. Humans need to be restored spiritually through receiving forgiveness and the divine nature, which is what Salvation in Christ is. People commit this heresy when they pretend God doesn’t exist and that there are no real consequences for our sins now, and after we die. The fact that we have laws that govern our land, doesn’t mean that God doesn’t have moral and spiritual laws that govern His creatures and creation.

Ignoring God’s divine law, and His moral law means that you might be an Antinomian. I will conclude by quoting Jude 1:13 “They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.” (They take deep gross enjoyment in their own personal and private sins.)

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