Posted on 09/25/2016 7:26:05 AM PDT by Salvation
“Well, either way, people who are saved do good works. And if they don’t their Faith is for nothing i.e. dead”
It’s not either way... have all the works you want, but you will still go to Hell. Faith is what saves and is also what produces works. Study the verse below and you will realize it’s not either way, but only one way.
1 Corinthians 3:14-15 King James Version (KJV)
14 If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
As usual you dodged the question that I asked. Please answer the question that how the parable relates to feeding the poor and being damned.
The biblical passages I have cited speak for themselves. Jesus will reject those who claim to be with Him but did not show it in the lives they lead. The parable of the sheep and goats is clear on that. And the passage from James confirms it.
The “poor” in this country drives themselves to the poor house and collect our money to buy big screen TV, expensive clothing, and booze.
Do you think that embedded insults improve your chances at clear and constructive communication?
(There's a question for you.)
In the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, Jesus tells us nothing about the Rich Man's earthly choices except that he lived in luxury did not respond to the needs of a destitute man on his doorstep; then he died and went to hell.
Jesus is drawing a correlation between ignoring the hunger and misery of others, and damnation.
“Do you think that embedded insults improve your chances at clear and constructive communication?”
Didn’t mean to insult, but did mean to explain all of your previous comments.
“Jesus is drawing a correlation between ignoring the hunger and misery of others, and damnation.”
Nice try, but Actually He’s not... He’s showing that the more he gives YOU the more He expects of you!
Luke 19:11-27
Mrs. Don-o you are missing the point it’s not what you give, but why you give it.
Mark 12:42
Have you actually been around sheep and goats to know why our Lord compares us to sheep and goats? They are different creatures and without knowing the animal you have no idea.
1 Corinthians 3:14-15, have you read this... the only sin that will keep you out of Heaven is rejecting Jesus Christ. All the other stuff will only result in lost reward. As I have said before the ghetto in Heaven will be better than the gated community in Hell.
Romans 10:9
And the goats rejected Christ by the uncharitable way they lived their lives, not feeding Him when he was hungry, not clothing Him when he was naked....The parable cannot be any clearer.
Your points are good, and I agree with them.
Bu you seem to think you are refuting something I said; which is odd. I would, however, reassert this point: in the parable about the Rich Man and Lazarus, Jesus is drawing a correlation between ignoring the hunger and misery of others, and damnation.
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