I agree with this concerning Christ's Deity...
However, there are those who accept Christ's Deity but deny the Trinity...and while they may indeed be wrong, their error does not place them outside of the body of Christ.
They
absolutely place them
outside the Body of Christ.
When you
deny the
nature of God - you have invented a
different god - and this is a direct violation of the
First Commandment.
Already made a comment about this.
What you need to realize is that the parable of the sheep and the goats does not contradict the plain teaching of scripture that we are not saved by works (Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 4:1-8, Titus 3:4-7, Romans 11:5-6 (kjv)).
Since faith is an obedient attitude...the works mentioned in Matthew 25:31-46 will be accomplished by those who truly have faith...but I will nevertheless hold to the doctrinally correct statement that they are not saved by those works but rather by the attitude that produces them. If someone has the kind of faith that produces these kinds of works; but dies two minutes after having obtained that faith: will they perish eternally in hell for the lack of the works actually being accomplished? They did no works but had a living and saving faith. Will they go to heaven or to hell in your estimation?
No - and I've
already addressed this
ad nauseam.
A person who dies
2 minutes after coming to faith yet
never had a chance to be
Baptized or do good works would be
saved just like a
lifelong obedient servant. Jesus taught this in
several Parables such as the
Parable of the Vineyard Workers (Matt. 20:1-16). This is what happened to the
Thief on the cross. They are
EXCEPTIONS to the rule.
YOUR problem is that you base your doctrines on the
exception instead of the
norm . . .
Works are never efficacious to save a man (Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 4:1-8, Titus 3:4-7, Romans 11:5-6 (kjv)).
That's
NOT true - and the
Lesson of the Sheep and the Goats if proof.
You
cherry-pick the Scriptures instead of taking them
ALL in
context.
The works that
God Himself
prepared for us in advance
(Eph. 2:10) are efficacious because they are done for
HIS glory, not ours.
Works that we do for
own glory are
worthless.
NO difference. Many priests in the Catholic Church have never been born again of the Holy Spirit and are not a part of Christ's true church.
This is am
arrogant and
spiritually prideful statement.
YOU couldn't
possibly know what is in a person's
heart -
OR if they were born again of the
Holy Spirit.
Only
GOD knows what is in the
heart and the state of their
soul.
Besides - there may be people of
ALL Protestant sects that are in the
SAME boat -
including their leaders.
I am of His church whether you like it or not...for I believe in Jesus Christ and have been redeemed by His blood and am also born again of His Holy Spirit. (Any other definition for being in Christ's church strikes me as...superficial.)
Therefore He left me in charge...and you must adhere to my interpretation of the holy scriptures.
And
therein lies the problem with
ALL of Protestantism.
This is a perfect example of the mess you've made with your
tens of thousands of disjointed and
perpetually-splintering sects that
ALL teach
different doctrines yet
ALL claim they
THEY are
"in charge" and
THEIR interpretation of Scripture is correct.
Thank you for that affirmation od the
confuses mess that is Protestantism . . .