Posted on 11/26/2025 5:44:08 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
Tick Tick Tick
That is the problem with Protestantism. It views God as a kid with a pellet gun, ready to shoot down someone from the shadows.
The reality is much different. He gives us more than enough time to embrace him, do his will and enjoy eternity with him in the afterlife.
One view is unjust, one is merciful and loving.
Once sav3d , hwre are some precioua truths by spurgeon (everything in () will be my input):
Now I want to say one or two things to Little-Faiths this morning. The little children of God
who are here mentioned as being bruised reeds or smoking flax are just as safe as the great
saints of God.
I wish for a moment to expand this thought, and then I will finish with the other
head. These saints of God who are called bruised reeds and smoking flax are just as safe as
those who are mighty for their Master, and great in strength, for several reasons.
(Note that well! We might feel less important than the great saints, but NOT SO!)
First of all, the
little saint is just as much God’s elect as the great saint. When God chose his people, he chose
them all at once, and altogether; and he elected one just as much as the other. If I choose a
certain number of things, one may be less than the rest, but one is as much chosen as the other;
and so Mrs. Fearing and Miss Despondency are just as much elected as Great-Heart, or Old
Father Honest. Again: the little ones are redeemed equally with the great ones! the feeble saints
cost Christ as much suffering as the strong ones; the tiniest child of God could not have been
purchased with less than Jesus’ precious blood; and the greatest child of God did not cost him
more.
Paul did not cost any more than Benjamin—I am sure he did not—for I read in the Bible
that “there is no difference.” Besides, when of old they came to pay their redemption-money,
every person brought a shekel. The poor shall bring no less, and the rich shall bring no more
than just a shekel. The same price was paid for the one as the other. Now then little child of
God, take that thought to thy soul. You see some men very prominent in Christ’s cause—and it
is very good that they should be—but they did not cost Jesus a farthing more than you did; he
paid the same price for you that he paid for them. Recollect again, you are just as much a child
of God as the greatest saint.
Some of you have five or six children. There is one child of yours,
perhaps, who is very tall and handsome, and has, moreover, gifts of mind; and you have
another child who is the smallest of the family, perhaps has but little intellect and
understanding.
But which is the most your child? “The most!” you say; “both alike are my
children, certainly, one as much as the other.” And so, dear friends, you may have very little
learning, you may be very dark about divine things, you may but “see men as trees walking,”
but you are as much the children of God as those who have grown to the stature of men in
Christ Jesus.
Then remember, poor tried saint, that you are just as much justified as any other
child of God. I know that I am completely justified.
“His blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress.”
I want no other garments, save Jesus’ doings, and his imputed righteousness.
The boldest child of God want no more; and I who am “less than the least of all saints,” can
be content with no less, and I shall have no less, O Ready-to-Halt, thou art as much justified as
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Paul, Peter, John the Baptist, or the loftiest saint in heaven. There is no difference in that matter.
Oh! take courage and rejoice.
Then one thing more. If you were lost, God’s honor would be as much tarnished as if the
greatest one were lost...
“No,” said Christ, “no, no; I
cannot have any of my members taken away; if the finger be a sore one, I will bind it up; I will
strengthen it.” Christ cannot allow a word about cutting his members off. If Christ lose one of
his people, he would not be a whole Christ any longer. If the meanest of his children could be
cast away, Christ would lack a part of his fulness; yea, Christ would be incomplete without his
Church. If one of his children must be lost, it would be better that it should be a great one, than
a little one. If a little one were lost, Satan would say, “Ah! you save the great ones, because
they had strength and could help themselves; but the little one that has no strength, you could
not save him.” You know what Satan would say; but God would shut Satan’s mouth, by
proclaiming, “They are all here, Satan, in spite of thy malice, they are all here; every one is
safe; now lie down in thy den for ever, and be bound eternally in chains, and smoke in fire!” So
shall he suffer eternal torment, but not one child of God ever shall.
One thought more and I shall have done with this head. The salvation of great saints often
depends upon the salvation of little ones. Do you understand that? You know that my salvation,
or the salvation of any child of God, looking at second causes, very much depends upon the
conversion of some one else. Suppose your mother is the means of your conversion, you
would, speaking after the manner of men, say, that your conversion depended upon hers; for
her being converted, made her the instrument of bringing you in. Suppose such-and-such a
minister to be the means of your calling; then your conversion, in some sense, though not
absolutely, depends upon his. So it often happens, that the salvation of God’s mightiest servants
depends upon the conversion of little ones. There is a poor mother; no one ever knows anything
about her; she goes to the house of God, her name is not in the newspapers, or anywhere else;
she teaches her child, and brings him up in the fear of God; she prays for that boy; she wrestles
with God, and her tears and prayers mingle together. The boys grows up. What is he? A
missionary—a William Knibb—a Moffat—a Williams. But you do not hear anything about the
mother. Ah! but if the mother had not been saved, where would the boy have been? Let this
cheer the little ones; and may you rejoice that he will nourish and cherish you, though you are
like bruised reeds and smoking flax.
M3ant to add:
(Worth repeating: Christ would be incomplete if even the meanest of his children were to die and perish. He died for ALL his children, great, small... mean, subservient... smart, not so smart... mature in the faith, not so mature! And on and on. ALL are important to him. No matter where we are spiritually at the moment, close or far from God, God knew before hand exactly where we would be AND CHOSE US ANYWAYS. THAT alone is worth cel3brating.)
What you describe is how Rome makes you Cathoholics view God.
An angry, vindictive, and vengeful ‘god’.
And if you don’t go to confession with a ‘priest’...
And if you don’t pray the ‘rosary’....
And if you don’t belong to the RCC....
And if you don’t believe in ‘sacred traditions’ (however made up)....
And if you don’t believe in the true tears of Mary on that statue....
And if you don’t believe Mary is a co-redemptress....
And if...
And if...
And if...
You go to hell.
But you can still go to Purgatory (nowhere in the Bible).
But you can still be prayed out of hell (nowhere in the Bible).
Revelation 22:12-16
12 “Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates. 15 But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 10:9
I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
One of these days, you’ll see the True Jesus for who He is - and Mary won’t be around that Throne as he will not share His Glory with her or anybody else.
Isaiah 42:8
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Religion never saves....
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I would say Amen to that.
It’s like a house on fire and your father is not going to rescue you from the flames because you “misbehaved” that day, so you’re on your own. No! Your father will rescue you too from that burning house - because you are His child.
Good analogy
“The Problem with Prots...”
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We are All out to ‘make The Cut’.
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You have the Knife and
Blood on your Hands.
You’re massively projecting again.
We don’t have a God who’s going to sap you to hell for missing church or sinning after going to *confession*. That’s the Catholic god.
The Goodness and Severity of God.
Roman’s 11:22
Yep!
And in the end, those “priests” will tell you there really is no way to know if you are going to Heaven until you die.
What liars!
Romans 10:9-13
9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”
12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,
13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Bkmk
What a fantasy you live under.
A made up theology by a man who wanted the easy road out, rejecting the teaching of 1500 years so he could “sin boldly”.
Like fruit cut from the vine his theology has rotted into denominations with competing doctrine, all tinged with heresy.
Come back to the faith of your father’s and not the faith of your itching ears.
Sorry. Performance-based salvation is Satan’s greatest deception. Ephesians 2:8-9, for one example.
In that passage, the lost talk about their works, not the Savior and the grace bestowed upon them.
Hebrews 11:6 (ESV)
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Mat 5:19 So if you ignore the least commandment and teach others to do the same, you will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But anyone who obeys God’s laws and teaches them will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Mat 5:20 “But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
to paraphrase: If you can keep the laws and teach others to keep them, there will be a celebration in heaven. but.................. you can’t do it. The good news is there is another way.
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