Those who are saved have already been “judged” innocent through the sacrifice of Jesus - free to live at one with our Creator - just as Adam was before he sinned.
Stop the scare tactics.
It always makes my skin crawl when people talk about people who have been “Saved”.
We do not know who has or hasn’t been saved. Just because someone says they have been saved does not make it so. That is not what I am writing about though.
The article has a great deal of truth but, it is hard to extrapolate from what The Lord said at one time the entirety of the Gospel.
We have been told by The Lord that we should “judge not that ye be not judged”. That does not mean that if someone is running at us with a sword that we shouldn’t assume he has bad intentions.
If you want mercy you definitely should give mercy but, there are things that will condemn you no matter how much mercy you give. If you are an unrepentant sinner then forgive who you will I don’t think it will be much help.
Statements taken out of the whole of The Gospel can easily lead us astray.
Yes, I think it will be easier for The Lord to believe us when we say we follow Him if we are forgiving to our neighbors. If we aren’t striving to follow Him then it really won’t make much of a difference who we forgive.
Just tell us about purgatory and how many indulgences and special masses it takes to spring someone free.