HouseMD wrote:I know enough to know that no one is good enough to pass through the gates of heaven, and it is by the grace of God we are saved. Your words tend to reek of self-righteousness, aggrandizing yourself and your knowledge. That is not, in my opinion, the way to go about things. I do good works. If it ever comes up, I let people know I am Christian, and that I do good in the name of Jesus and follow his example, albeit poorly. You sell salvation through fear rather than through hope, and that is not something by which I can abide.Adama wrote:Ouch. I'm personally offended by both of your comments. I am not complaining. I am informing you. Since you are both fellow Christians, also known as brothers, you should know not to proceed in this manner against me. I am your brother, not your enemy.HouseMD wrote:+1Ghost wrote:By threatening that they'll burn in hell if they don't believe your way?The_Adventurer wrote:How, then, do you get this person to realise there is only one right way?
But seriously, I've noticed that whenever someone is invoking God against others (because the others don't believe the "right" way) that the person is really just invoking his own ego. So when Adama says God's going to burn others in hell, what he's saying is he wants us to burn in hell. He's even said words to that effect - that he hopes others will burn in hell. Quite contrary to the idea of wanting to "save souls" and "win people for the kingdom." At the very least, you'd think his perspective would be one of seeing it as tragic, but he takes glee in it. And so I remember that when psychopaths invoke God, they are really just invoking their own ego.
Men like him just like to revel in their belief that no matter how awful their lives are right now, they're winning later. Schadenfreude is hardly virtuous.
That's your problem. Everything I have written here states that salvation is by grace through faith. Am I lying?
If I am self-righteous then the Lord Himself will smite me. I wouldn't take it upon myself to do something such as that to another person unless I was for sure that's what God wants. Now if you are sure that God wants you to insult me, then you are doing what you feel is required and I can't blame you for that.