I have not seen where Trump said he just forgives himself. But he did say he does not ask God for forgiveness.
It was in the same interview/event where Trump said, "When we go into church — and when I drink my little wine, which is about the only wine I drink, and have my little cracker — I guess that is a form of asking for forgiveness. I do that as often as possible because I feel cleansed, OK?"
I have not seen where Trump said he just forgives himself. But he did say he does not ask God for forgiveness.IOW, he accepts full responsibility for his actions...HOW REFRESHING!
Sinners go out and continue to sin without guilt because of the hypocritical, selfish notion you will be forgiven if you just ask. Asking for forgiveness for yourself is hypocritical and selfish.
I couldn't agree more with Trump on this
Church is just a gathering place for self-righteous hypocrites.
You know, God can use anyone. The lesson in Daniel is God, not man, raises up and takes down kings and kingdoms. God used Nebuchadnezzar BEFORE Nebuchadnezzar came to believe. I believe Trump in the same way will become a believer (but I hope he doesn’t have to go insane to get there).
I’ve always thought it interesting that the thief on the cross was forgiven by Christ and taken to Paradise, when:
1. He didn’t confess his sins or ask forgiveness.
2. He didn’t “walk the sawdust trail”.
3. He didn’t demur and refuse to respond through 5 stanzas of Just As I Am.
4. He didn’t raise his hand and/or repeat the “sinner’s prayer”.
According to the Scripture, BOTH thieves initially railed on Jesus and mocked Him, because the plural is used..
5. But, the one thief apparently came to his senses and cried out to Christ, “Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
And Christ replied, “Today you will be with me in Parsdise.” OTOH, The Donald takes Communion whenever possible. The Lord, through the Apostle Paul said in 1st Corinthians 11, that “...as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show forth the Lord’s death until He comes back.” That indicates to me a faith a mite bigger than a mustard seed; since some people want to split hairs.
One thing we need to remember. Christ said that a teeny tiny little bit of faith, no bigger than a mustard seed, could move a mountain. I’m certain He’s more interested in saving souls than He is in moving mountains, per se. He said, “The Son of man is come to seek and save that which was lost.” So He is definitely aiming to get us INTO Heaven; not trying to keep us out. And that includes His choice servant, The Donald.
I very happily believe that the Lord is using, and intends to continue using Donald Trump to salvage America. I also believe He’s preparing Teddy Cruz’s heart to say YES when Trump offers him the Veep gig.
TRUMP/CRUZ
2016