[Dr. Eckleburg]

The entire New Testament is Christ telling His family they have been forgiven their sins by the grace of God through faith in Christ.

RCs don’t have this assurance. Instead they return to the Lord’s Supper and ask forgiveness for the week’s sins, over and over and over.
Rome concocted penance (ongoing forgiveness with strings attached) to keep its members thethered to Rome.

RC admit they have no assurance of forgiveness. Very sad. Therefore RCs do not understand the New Testament. Practically every other line Christ spoke is “Your sins have been forgiven.”

Christ knows. I know. You should know, too. Not to believe Jesus shows a distrust of Christ’s promises.

[metmom]

RCs don’t have this assurance. Instead they return to the Lord’s Supper and ask forgiveness for the week’s sins, over and over and over. Rome concocted penance (ongoing forgiveness with strings attached) to keep its members thethered to Rome.

Way to keep people in bondage to a church.

Galatians 5:1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

There is no freedom when you have to keep jumping through the hoops to earn salvation which God Himself tells us is a gift, freely given, free to take.

Note the operative word here.... "free".....

We HAVE eternal life - now. It is our possession - now.

Praise God who gave us eternal life and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves.