Christ, indeed has the authority to Damn anyone and everyone.....His Word declares that if you obey Him by Believing the Gospel Of 1Cor15:1-4, He will IMPUTE His Righteousness on your Heavenly Account and He will NEVER damn you......if “ obedience” Is your thing, the Bible talks about “ the obedience of the Gospel.....best concentrate on THAT Obedience for your Salvation..... on your own, even your BEST Obedience will never reach Perfection......THAT is the Standard if you think you can make it to Heaven on the basis of your sincere but pitiful PERFORMANCE .....
Here ya go again...so soon you forget. See notes 1, 8, 10, and 11,
It is a sad thing that we are even having this discussion....Such distain for being good and doing good and obeying Christ. If it is not anti-Christian, what would be? Can you imagine Christ and Apostles preaching this? Christ saves us and from their we are to be good and do good and obey Him. What is the alternative? Why do you call me Lord Lord and not do what I say. You have been spoon feed the scriptures, but you just do not learn the truth.
1..No one is saying that being good and doing good has anything do with being initially saved, everyone agrees that, that is through Christ.
2..No one here is saying that being good and doing good justifies us, it all about the biblical requirement to be obedience to Christ.
3..No one is saying that good deeds is what gets you to heaven.
4..I am saying that being good and doing good is what Christians are repeatedly told to do. Being good and doing good is obedience to Christ. I mean really, what is the alternative that is being proposed here by some.
5..I am saying that sinful lifestyles can lead to hell...whether they believe in Christ or not.
6..I am not saying that sinful lifestyles cannot be forgiven. Even towards the end someone that has committed the worst of horrible sins or a sinful lifestyle can repent and be forgiven. That is all depends on sincerity and Christ will know the intentions and truths of the heart and will judge according. But that is Christ's choice to send that Christian to heaven or hell. I do contend that a change of heart at the last minute and expecting forgiveness is very risky, because, could someone like Hitler or serial killers change their character in that last few moments of their life? Not saying I know, but I would debate it.
7..I am saying that repentance is required to be initially saved. That repentance is not only acknowledging that you have sinned but a commitment to obey and be good and do good....the best you can. Salvation was not designed for perfection. Then after one is saved and commits sins, that repentance is required to get those sins forgiven. Again a commitment not to keep doing the same sin over and over again. It is not wrong for Christ to expect us to learn from our mistakes...we maybe slow learners but...
8..No one here is saying that you have to be perfect to go to heaven.
9..Then again, heaven is not going to be full of evildoers.
10..No one is saying that being good and doing good is salvation. It is obedience to Christ.
11..And the Bible says over and over again that we should obey Christ and our deeds will be judged, come Judgment Day.
12..Alternatively sins can lead to hell, particularly lifestyle sins because you cannot repent for something you intend to do or even continue to do. You cannot play Christ for a fool. You cannot con Christ, he know the heart and the intent.
13..I do contend that your average Christian will show up on Judgment Day and pass with flying colors.
14..In regard to sins, what is being discussed here is mostly lifestyle sins.
15..No one is saying that there is a biblical requirement to ask forgiveness for every sin or to remember every sin. Just ask forgiveness in one of your daily prayers.