The grave error the Roman Catholic Church makes is assuming that Jesus is speaking to them. Tragically, they do not read the rest of the story.
"And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed." See if you can find this in the "movie".
Predestined to believe? Appears so.
Seriously? Predestination?
How can you then even believe in the concept of Sin? You don't even believe in Free Will! Whether you go to heaven or not has nothing whatever to do with you!
Well that must take the pressure off, I guess. Sin as much as you like, its all God's doing, right?
Predestination ranks alongside the Mohammedan concept of co-existing contradictory Truths, and the Skeptic concept that there is no such thing as objective Reality as one of the three or four most absurd pieces of grade A tripe ever believed by Man.
Sorry for the immoderate - indeed, offensive - hilarity, but I am just so astonished to find people still believe in this! Seriously, it's like finding people who think that metal is a kind of fruit. And here on FR too!
Man, your meetings must be a hoot.
Yes, we have this strange idea that Christians ought to follow the teachings of Jesus.