1.It makes sin a misfortune and a calamity rather than a crime.
2.It makes the sinner deserve pity and compassion rather than blame for his sins.
3.It excuses the sinner.
4.It makes God responsible for sin.
5.It dishonors God. It makes Hime arbitrary, cruel, and unjust.
6.It causes ministers to wink at and excuse sin.
7.It begets complacency and a low standard of religion among Christians.
8.It is a stumbling-block to the unsaved.
9.It makes Jesus a sinner or it must deny His humanity.
10.It contradicts the Bible.
11.It “adds to” and “takes from” the Bible. God warns against this in Deuteronomy 4:2 and Revelation 22:18,19.
12.It begets false doctrines and false interpretations of the Scriptures.
13.It is ridiculous, absurd, and unreasonable. It contradicts the necessary and irresi: le affirmations of every man’s consciousness and reason, which is something that no true doctrine of the Word of God could ever do.