[mlizzy]

This from a previous post ... do you think, then, that Fr. John Corapi and Mother Teresa of Calcutta were hoodwinked by the devil? (You haven’t answered yet on this point.)

[OpusatFR]

They throw the kitchen sink and all the garbage against a wall and expect us just to give them a pass.

[small voice in the wilderness]

You know that God is no respector of persons, don't you? "For all have sinned, and come short the glory of God." "There is none good, no not one." We are ALL lost, unless we accept the finished work of Christ to save us. God said it was enough. He could not have raised Christ from the dead if the penalty of sin had not been paid in full. If there was even one sin that Christ did not die for, He would still be paying that price: "The penalty for sin is death. But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ."

That said, before salvation, we all stand before God, condemned. We are all lost. If the free gift of grace through faith in the finished work of Christ is not accepted, then we remain lost. No matter what good intentions we have, good works, following the law, etc. we remain lost.

And that is Satan's intent. If you are lost, Satan's goal is to keep you lost. Blinding you to the truth, deafening your ears to God's Word, and making you feel confident in your works.

This applies to everyone. God is no respector of persons. IF I am lost, I am no better or worse than Fr. John Corapi, is no better/worse than you/ than Mother Theresa/than Obama/than my neighbor/than Peter/than Madonna/than Hitler/than Paul/than etc. EVERYONE.

It may not sound fair. But it is just. Because He died for ALL. And He only had to die ONCE, for all sin, FOREVER.