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What? I say a simple formula to get saved? Presto! Halleluyah!

Then I guess I can go around proudy ridiculing everyone since I am saved, not like the rest of you sinners.

of course one sardonic carpenter said not all those who say lord lord will enter the kingdom, but only those who does the work of the father.

of course one sardonic carpenter said not all those who say lord lord will enter the kingdom, but only those who does the work of the father.

Micah 6:8

⁸He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.

^{John 6:28-29}

^{Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”}^{Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”}

>>but only those who does the work of the father.<<

Jesus told us what that is.

John 6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

Lest any man pervert the gospel and add man made rules.

>> “of course one sardonic carpenter said not all those who say lord lord will enter the kingdom, but only those who does the work of the father.” <<

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Amen!

That sentence encapsulates the core message of the entire New Testament.

Everyone thinks that verse means someone else.
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What? I say a simple formula to get saved? Presto! Halleluyah!

Then I guess I can go around proudy ridiculing everyone since I am saved, not like the rest of you sinners.

No.

We had a heated discussion about whether Jesus was sufficient for salvation. It seems some are reluctant to make that simple statement.

Of course to be saved one must put their faith upon Him. There’s no other way to the Kingdom of God.

What do you believe?

What? I say a simple formula to get saved? Presto! Halleluyah!

Then I guess I can go around proudy ridiculing everyone since I am saved, not like the rest of you sinners.

of course one sardonic carpenter said not all those who say lord lord will enter the kingdom, but only those who does the work of the father.

Do you agree with Paul?

Rom 10:8-10 (8) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; (9) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (10) For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

So we do confess Jesus as Lord, but no such confession means anything if we do not also believe in our heart in the resurrection of Jesus. So your caricature is just that, a shallow misrepresentation of what Protestant faith believes, preaches and practices, no easy formulas, but a heart conviction of the Gospel as true, confirmed by a willingness to publicly acknowledge Jesus as our Savior and the Lord of our lives.

How on earth people get the idea that makes us feel somehow superior ... I am always stunned by such statements. Do you understand what it means to come to the end of the line, spiritually speaking, and realize how utterly lost and unworthy and deserving of hellfire you are, how it leads to tears and humiliation and grief you could put the One who loved you through so much sorrow, and yet there He is reaching down to you, pulling you up from certain doom?

How does one get "proudly ridiculing" out of that? What comes out of that is love for God, love for the family we had been shortchanging, love for our fellow worshipers of God, and love for all those who just don't seem to get what this great gift is all about. But pride? Ridicule? No. We ridicule Satan's lies, yes, but never the people he holds by them. We want the happy ending for everyone.

Peace,

SR