Tony Evans: Sinning Saints

Posted by Daniel LaLond Jr.

The highly respected Dr. Tony Evans teaches that “committed Christians may fall into sin, but a carnal Christian bathes in.” Evans continues, “He has the mindset, motivation and methodology of sin.”

Saints who bathe in sin? There are, insists Evans, “saints who act more sinful than sinners even though they are on their way to heaven.” Dr. Evans plainly promises paradise to the unrepentant, even to those who adopt Satan’s lifestyle! To Dr. Evans Paul might say: “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?”

Dr. Evans contradicts scripture by openly promising the sinning saint, that is, the hypocrite who professes Christ with their mouth but who “bathes in sin.” Friend, what demon does not bathe in sin? If Tony Evans’ teaching is correct perhaps heavenly streets of gold will be teaming with demons along with all the sinning saints. If Romans 6:16 and the passage that follows were all that the scriptures taught on this topic, which they’re not, these verses would be enough to relegate Dr. Anthony T. (Tony) Evans’ sinning saint fancies to the trash. Consider:

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 1 John 3:9-10

Biblically speaking a sinning saint will perish though Tony Evans teaches otherwise. In fact, to believe Dr. Evans is to be deceived: “Little children, let no one deceive you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; 8 the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning” (1 John 3:7-8).

Deliverance from the bondage of sin as offered in the gospel is good news for those who desire to be free. For sinning saints desiring carnality and spirituality, however, the message of the gospel is sad news. Paul, when addressing the sinning saints among the Philippians, 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

“Carnal Christians” taking refuge in the promises of Tony Evans are not bound for heaven, in Paul’s words they’re “enemies of the cross of Christ.” Evans’ sinning saint fancies mirror a romance rathar than sound theology. They are theological clouds without water silently stupefying God’s people into spiritual sloth and destruction.

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