Belteshazzar: So, this is your response to my question of how a “good tree” comes to be?
Yes, -- why is it not a response? You may disagree with it -- on that in a moment , but why do you accuse me that I "don’t listen and respond to what’s said in a way that indicates you actually understand the point at issue"? You asked how one is counted among good trees or among sheep, and I answered: by becoming a saint.
It is not something God does, but the individual does?
Individual and God cooperate in that. God answers the prayer and gives man strength to withstand trials and be a saint.
Whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight (1 John 3:22, several similar )
Annalex: “You are saved by your works of charity.”
Belteshazzar: Where do you get your doctrine from?
Romans 2:6-10, Matthew 25:31-46, James 2:17-26, Apocalypse 22:12.
This is where the white rabbit has led you, away from the written Word of God
Sorry, I am not one discussing rabbits. If you have a scriptural comment, make one, like an adult, please.
annalex wrote:
“but why do you accuse me that I ‘don’t listen and respond to what’s said in a way that indicates you actually understand the point at issue’?”
Well, OK, I will concede that maybe you do listen and understand, and only then do you purposely avoid engagement on the point at issue. That too is a possibility.
(Memo to self: Why do I feel like every time I talk to annalex some of my brain cells die?)
Since your moral obligation, frequently stated on FR, is to answer in order every post addressed to you, whether directly or not, I herewith grant you a special - time saving! - dispensation allowing you to forego responding to this one, if you so choose.