It is not that most of the Reformation cannot point to somewhere in Scripture where if the snippet is small enough, and pieced together with enough other snippets, almost any doctrine can be defended.
I believe Chesterson said it this way: "One is either Catholic or anything they want to be."
I believe Chesterson said it this way: "One is either Catholic or anything they want to be."
My friend, that sentiment is correct, as far as it goes. But if you look at the Judgement of Christ as an either/or, you either are Judged to eternal Salvation, or you are judged to eternal hellfire. It is not that Catholics have a lock on salvation (as our Reformed and OSAS brethren claim to), but it is only by daily picking up our cross and following Him that we can even approach that narrow gate. Once you believe that you are already saved, the only thing left to do is to jostle for the window seat on the free limo ride to Heaven, so that you can gesture out the window at those who walk the Via of Christ while drinking the best champagne (or bubbly grape juice for the Prohibitionists).
It will probably take a while for the limo riders to realize that those who are imitating Christ and bearing their own crosses for His sake are walking in the opposite direction from the way that the limo is taking them...