“deny me the joy of determining how and where I spend eternity.”
For it is by Grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - -not by works, so that no one can boast Ephesians 2:8
I certainly did not mean to say that, other than making the choice to accept the gift of salvation, that I am in any way, shape or form responsible for where I spend eternity. It is indeed a gift from God and certainly not the result of anything I did or will do!