Yes Christ opened he door to heaven, and we must walk through the door by following Gods will with our faith and doing good works that please Him. That is earning it the hard way with His graces by loving God and our neighbor.
But Jesus told us that His yoke was easy and His burden was light.
Claiming that salvation is hard makes Jesus out to be a liar.
It’s actually those who teach that salvation is hard who are the liars.
If you dont work, you cant accomplish Gods will.
Sure you can. You can believe and trusting Him pleases Him more than trusting ourselves.
One crowd brings a picture of rituals while both crowds brings a picture of stabbing people in the back and throwing garbage in the neighbors yards.
The first crow will go and confess to a priest while the other crowd will say ha ha ha I am saved by faith so go sit on it.
The first crow will go and confess to a priest while the other crowd will say ha ha ha I am saved by faith so go sit on it.
Then maybe you need to find out what genuinely born again believers believe and act like instead of what Catholics say about them.
Seems that the unsaved have no idea of the depth of gratitude that believers have towards God for His mercy and grace in saving us from sin.
The regenerate soul does NOT take the gift of eternal life so flippantly nor do they have that kind of attitude towards the unsaved.
We know where the unsaved are going and what they're going through cause we've all been there. Nothing would make us happier than to see others enter the freedom and eternal life that is found in Christ Jesus.