You have fostered some pondering . . .
The more I think about this
purported
'WORKS-WITH-THE-RIGHT-WHITE-HANKY-WHITE-WASHED-MOTIVE = PART OF SALVATION'
HERESY,
The more disturbed I feel at the absolute insult it is to Christ's Blood.
In addition, it is
THE SAME ARROGANCE satan foisted on man in the Garden.
He convinced Eve that
BY HER OWN EFFORTS, SHE COULD BECOME KNOWLEDGEABLE LIKE GOD.
WHAT ARROGANCE!
Wasn't it Isaiah who said . . . I saw THE LORD, HIGH AND LIFTED UP AND HIS TRAIN FILLED THE TEMPLE!
Woe is me, a man of unclean lips and fingers and everything else.
IT IS SOME VARIATION AND TYPE OF ARROGANCE-TO-THE-MAX
TO PRESUME
THAT ANY WHITE-WASHED-WHITE-HANKYED-MOTIVATIONS could RENDER ANY OF OUR WORKS MORE THAN used ___tex--as Scripture says.
Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
[apologies to Mr RM if that's over the standard line].
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Thank you for sharing your insights, dear brother in Christ!