It simply defies everything the bible teaches from Genesis to the Apocalypse to think that conversion provides some sort of free pass for future sin. And that’s all I have to say about that.
“It simply defies everything the bible teaches from Genesis to the Apocalypse to think that conversion provides some sort of free pass for future sin. “
That is so true and so insightful! Every story in the Old Testament is about being tested— and right up to the end in the Garden of Gethsemane, Christ tested his Apostles. We must rise to the test on a daily basis to achieve our salvation.
We must take up our cross and follow Him, today— and for as long as that journey lasts. Every step!
It just doesn’t make sense to me that someone who accepts and believes in Jesus as the Messiah but who lives a terrible life day in and day out could be acceptable to God. Belief requires continual action and this article does a good job of clarifying how Catholics feel about that.