The Institution of the Eucharist in Scripture

EWTN ^ | unknown | Scott Hahn

[armydoc]

Even St. Paul was not 100% sure of his salvation but worked on it “with fear and trembling.”

Not quite. Paul commanded that we work out our salvation, i.e. produce works from the salvation that we already have. Try reading Romans and then tell me that Paul was unsure of his salvation.

[Melian]

I’ve read Romans many times.

There’s nothing in it to suggest Christ wanted anything but a single, holy Church set up by the Apostles in which all could participate... one, holy, catholic and apostolic.

St. Paul wanted us to work out our salvation. On that we can agree. I feel he wanted to tell us to work out our salvation through works.

Also, why would he be fearful and trembling unless salvation, even though he was definitely a believer, could be lost. Almost all his letters are warnings to believers who were no longer LIVING the teachings, though they professed to believe. Why warn them in no uncertain terms unless they were in jeopardy?

[Natural Law]

"Ah, yes, I see the "exceptions" you speak of implicit in Jesus' words."

God's omnipotence supercedes the limitations placed upon us. From the Catechism:

848 - "Although in ways known to himself God can lead those who, through no fault of their own, are ignorant of the Gospel, to that faith without which it is impossible to please him, the Church still has the obligation and also the sacred right to evangelize all men."