@amadeus I think Ephesians is among the most searching and sublime of the Epistles...
IT ALL IS . I think , no , i KNOW that if we point to any other than JESUS
if we point to a love that would exclude having to confess by mouth JESUS and believe from the heart in HIM and that GOD rose HIM from the dead
then we point to one thing , THE SECOND DEATH .
You and all here are looking at a man that was the worst of the worst , i dare say even paul would have cringed at the sight of me .
BUT I KNOW he would not have . HE KNEW he was nothing and was dire evil as by the same grace i have learned the same about myself .
THIS MAN IS NOTHING . AND SO IS EVERYONE ELSE . we aint nothing . BUT JESUS , NOW JESUS IS THE HOPE .
I could even once confess as many that JESUS was LORD , but in heart HE was not my LORD , satan was .
I choke back the tears even now thinking of what i once was . MY advice to you , to amadues ,and to all
IS that we had better know the one true gospel . EVEN IF WE KNOW IT , ITS STILL GOOD that i remind .
That one has to confess by mouth JESUS and believe from the heart that GOD had rose HIM from the dead TO be saved .
THE atheists , the budist , the muslim , even the jew , and any other mindset or religoin is false .
GOD dont allow us to FEEL SAVED in any other religoin . NO , HE draws us to JESUS . any other god and any other
love that dont do that , IS FALSE . No matter if it does mighty good works . EVEN CORNELIUS
EVEN HE with WHOM the angel appeared and said YOU are heard for your prayers and alms , ALL NEED JESUS TO BE SAVED .
AND GOD , THE GOD , the ONLY GOD leads us and led us to JESUS . EVEN CORNELIOUS
one who GOD heard , one who GOD sent an angel to to remind HIM of all his good deeds , NEEDED JESUS .
I am at war with this false love and false lie which states that if folks do good and etc it dont matter what religion they are in
they are saved . ITS A LIE . I Dont know about you or others , BUT I NEED JESUS TO BE SAVED . I NEED JESUS .