[Matchett-PI]

"It's my way or the highway." The "anointed" on earth simply can't leave all this up to God. - He is in charge of all things on earth, big and small, except of course this, in this matter, he somehow can't handle it and needs these anointed to whip these poor souls into shape even if they are going the right direction on their journey."

Exactly.

I'll just bet that they wouldn't consider the "journey" of the thief on the cross to be long enough to "do" all that stuff they say is required to be "right with God", either.

[ColoCdn]

Yes. Hence the differentiation between legalistic action and grace-founded responsiveness.