There is nothing virtual about the Simony you have been peddling. Convincing folks that sins are pre-forgiven for the mere price of stroking your ego makes it a very real sin. That is right up there with your Contumely, Defamation, Detraction, Calumny, Mendacity, and Concealing the Truth.
Oooh. Lots of fancy words. No substance. But fancy.
By the way -- could you please point to or show where I have tried to "peddle" anything about sins being "pre-forgiven" and having my ego stroked at the same time? Or do you just like swatting straw men?
Hoss
And you repeated yourself unnecessarily there. Calumny or Mendacity would do. The rest? Maybe you're upset just because it's true.
Just saying....
Hoss
Beats being in bondage to rules and regs and sacraments and works which people are told they have to do to earn heaven but are never guaranteed to get anyone there in the end.
Colossians 1:11-14 11 May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.