Judgment Day is indeed coming, but more importantly, the day we suffer the first death is coming and if a person has not come to Christ prior to the first death, he has no more opportunity for salvation.
We are ALL condemned prior to salvation. When we remain in fellowship with Him, through faith in what Christ provided on the Cross, we remain on His path. We know many categories of people who will not inherit the Kingdom of God, but we also know that if we simply remain in Him, there is no doubt of our salvation.
There are many Catholics and Protestants who will inherit the Kingdom of God. There also are many in both camps who only treat those organizations and their thinking in either worldly or fleshly domains, who still are not known by Christ.
The only thing on us is to accept what God provides us. Our salvation is only available when God the Father makes His call of the elect and we respond favorably through faith in Christ. Like little children, we simply need to accept Him in faith and believe in Him.
Some people think it is hard to believe. It's only as hard as we make it.
The beauty in God's Plan is that arrogance is kept out of the Kingdom of God, by first condemning us all, then only allowing into salvation, those who accomplish the simplest of all things imaginable. We simply place faith in Him. The rest of it is all His work in us. We rejoice in the blessings of the work of God the Holy Spirit in guiding us to and through faith in Him in all things, always glorifying the Son, which in turn is the glorification of God the Father.
Yes, I agree. I only realized that, after I left that certain religion, that claims to be the OTC. I object to that elitist exclusive attitude, that claims I must be a member of their church to be saved.
Salvation is through faith in Jesus, not by membership in some elitist religion.