As a Catholic...So the blood of Jesus only covers and pays for confessed sin.Jesus opened Heaven by His death on the Cross but His suffering death does not cover all our sins in meaning we are saved...justified. Apologist Jimmy Akin states better than I can.
“Jesus died once and for all to pay a price sufficient to cover all the sins of our lives, but God doesn’t apply his forgiveness to us in a once-and-for-all manner. He forgives us as we repent. That’s why we continue to pray “Forgive us our trespasses,” because we regularly have new sins that we have repented of—some venial and some mortal, but all needing forgiveness. -—Excerpt from an article by Jimmy Akin, Catholic Insight, The Limits of Forgiveness.”
The remaining payment for sin is withheld in until new sin is confessed to a priest and absolution and penance are complete?
So Catholics are judged on their state of unconfessed and not yet paid for sin AND the amount of good works one must perform to merit heaven. Correct?
Jesus died once and for all to pay a price sufficient to cover all the sins of our lives, but God doesn’t apply his forgiveness to us in a once-and-for-all manner. He forgives us as we repent. That’s why we continue to pray “Forgive us our trespasses,” because we regularly have new sins that we have repented of—some venial and some mortal, but all needing forgiveness. -—Excerpt from an article by Jimmy Akin, Catholic Insight, The Limits of Forgiveness.
bkaycee:
“So Catholics are judged on their state of unconfessed and not yet paid for sin AND the amount of good works one must perform to merit heaven. Correct?”
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Hi,
I should say first, DO NOT die in mortal sin. A topic for another thread since many Protestants reject greater (mortal) and lessor (venial) sins.
Remember in Revelation where it says nothing “unholy” enters
Heaven? It’s true, God is perfectly loving and perfectly
just. This means we must account for, make reparation for all our unloving actions (sins) during our life, that includes confessed sins. A person makes reparation here by or loving acts, prayers and sufferings and if not completed here, you make reparation over the veil in Purgatory.
back to the continued discussion over...
Our Lord’s death on the Cross does NOT justify anyone because salvation is a life long process. Every person, not only a Catholic person loses God’s presence in their soul when they commit a mortal (serious) sin. This is the reason...
Jesus established Confession -John 20:23-, the means to regain God’s presence in your soul. Protestants reject Sacramental Confession to a priest so you all have one recompense right now, you must with absolute contrition confess your mortal sins directly to God.
After the Great Warning, when God shows you personally, Protestants, not all, will have a change of belief. Just remember....
OSAS and as you often hear Protestants profess, “Jesus paid the price, His death on the Cross covers all our sins” are NOT true. Here’s some verses to help you see. Martin
Luther’s false “faith alone” so messes up Protestants.
Judged according to deeds:
Romans 2:5-8 - God will repay each man according to his works
2 Corinthians 11:15 - recompense accord to what one did in their body (their end will correspond to their deeds)
Colossians 3:24-25 - will receive due payment for whatever you do
1 Peter 1:17 - God judges impartially accordingly to one’s works
Revelation 20:12-13 - dead judged according to their deeds
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Assurance of Salvation?
Matthew 7:21 - It is not anyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” who will enter the kingdom of Heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven.
Matthew 24:13 - those who persevere to the end will be saved
Romans 11:23 - remain in his kindness or you will be cut off
1 Corinthians 9:27 - I punish my body and bring it under control, to avoid any risk that, having acted as herald for others, I myself may be disqualified.
1 Corinthians 10:11-12 - those thinking they are secure, may fall
Philippians 2:12 - work out your salvation in fear and trembling
Galatians 5:4 - separated from Christ, you’ve fallen from grace
2 Timothy 2:11-13 - must hold out to the end to reign with Christ
Hebrews 6:4-6 - describes sharers of the Holy Spirit, who then fall away
Hebrews 10:26-27 - if we sin, after receiving the truth, judgment remains
2 Peter 2:17-22 - It would have been better for them never to have learned the way of uprightness, than to learn it and then desert the holy commandment that was entrusted to them.