George Tiller was shot in a Christian Church. He in effect had professed his faith in Christ.
He also murdered thousands and thousands of unborn children.
Do you think his mere profession of faith is enough to save him?
I don't.
FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. James 2.
Don't just pick the parts of the Bible you like and ignore the rest. St. Paul wrote more than one letter. Don't read Romans in a vacuum just to rationalize going around sinning without regard for obedience to the Lord's commands. Sin within penance has penalties. God is merciful, but He is also just. Justification is never merely a matter of intellectual assent -- it is an assent to a process of sanctification that must be put into action, or else it is lie and not really faith in Christ at all.
James 2:14-19
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”
Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. 19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
Put THAT in your Sola Scriptura and smoke it.
