16 Nov '05 08:17>
Originally posted by KellyJayYour groups are too judgmental for me esp. 2. One may well be doing the works described in Matthew 25 without thinking God owes them anything - they might not believe in an afterlife at all. If Matthew 25 is taken explicitly, they will be with Jesus as that passage makes no mention of "faith" or "grace" but speaks only of acts of kindness, mercy and charity to your fellow Man. If people want to argue differently, present something from the Gospels that says that no matter how well you treat your fellow Man you may be damned anyway. That's the debate I'm interested in from an intellectual standpoint, not your characterizations of other people's motives.
It is like going to the movies, you pay you walk in and watch
the movie you bought the ticket for. Jesus bought the ticket,
we walk in faith, which is doing what we know he wants. That
is different that donig what we think he wants to get him to
buy us that ticket.
My views of the combinations:
1. There are those who don't do anything because the ...[text shortened]... st are not, they are damned. My list is close to
yours, just a little different I think.
Kelly