OK. So the fire tests the general believer, not the clergy. Who then, do you think is saved in the end after suffering a loss, the pastor, or the milk believer, or the meat believer?
Saved in the end after suffering a loss? I thought you all believed they were saved who were in purgatory.
Let me try again.
A pastor #1 is lazy and only teaches “milk”. He has 100 in his church. Because they are weak Christians 50 of them fall away from the faith. In other words they were “burned up” by the fires of temptation. He gets credit for 50.
Pastor #2 has 100 in his church but he works, studies and teaches “meat”. Because they are much more based in scripture they don’t get tempted away by the “fire” of temptation. He gets credit for all 100 and gets more reward in heaven then pastor 1.