There are those who struggle with the pure, undiluted grace of God, so they take the concept of balance and try to apply it here. They can't very well deny the grace of God -- it's too evident in Scripture. But they'll try to tone it down with this argument:
"Well, yes," they say. "Grace is a wonderful truth. But you have to keep grace and truth in balance with each other so you don't go to an extreme."
Since few people want to be "extreme," that seems to make reasonable sense.... This approach is problematic because it draws a line down the middle and puts grace on one side and truth on the other, as if the two are in opposition to each other. It's as if they're saying that grace is not truth and truth is not grace. That's not what the Bible says.... If you're going to draw a line, draw it between grace and legalism, not between grace and truth. Just a thought...
