Does God kick a believer out when he fails while trying to live for Him?
No. When a believer, under the Holy Spirit's power, tries his best in the light of Scripture to walk pleasing in God's sight and fails, God does not kick him out. No one deserves to stay saved, but believers remain because of His grace, not license.
Les explains that God's grace is not license; it does not tell the believer to go out and do what he pleases. But when a believer is under the power of the Holy Spirit, trying his best in the light of Scripture to walk pleasing in God's sight, and he fails, God does not kick him out. The answer is no, because of the grace of God. Les illustrates this with a parent and a little one learning to walk: when the child falls, the parent does not get upset and give him a boot, but picks him up, gets him on his wobbly feet, and gets him going. That, Les says, is what God does.
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Does God kick out a believer who tries to obey but fails?
A believer who is sincerely trying, by the power of the Holy Spirit and in the light of Scripture, to walk pleasing to God, but fails, will not be kicked out by God.