This is apparently a very theologically ignorant writer. The Bible is pretty clear about this. Salvation has nothing to do with you “doing good” or morality as we know it. Salvation is about what you do with Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for our sins. If you repent and accept his atoning sacrifice, you will be saved. If not, you won’t. And the Bible tells us that those who do NOT accept salvation by His grace and His blood, whose names are not written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, will ultimately be cast into the Lake of Fire, prepared for the Devil and his angels, “where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched”.
This author seems to believe that people are saved by their morality or good works, and are condemned by their immorality or evil works. Wrong. You are saved by turning to Christ and accepting HIS sacrifice. If you don’t, you are already condemned.
Now, if you turn to Christ and live for Him, then you will do good and shun evil, but that is an outcome of your salvation - it is not the reason for it.
.....Or begin by believing in God, you are on your way to salvation.
I actually got the feeling at first that he was suggesting that hell is an everlasting search for reaching the perfection required on your own to be acceptable to God and, although you keep improving, you are never quite there.
It’s not where he was going, but it’s an interesting thought.
Personally, I think those that do not accept Christ, no matter how good they are, at the great white throne judgement are destroyed for all eternity. To the saved it is as though they never existed.
Well said, thanks!
Good post.