[ebb tide]

The rich guy showed no charity.

But I thought you said,"We are saved by God’s grace and grace alone...

But now you're contradicting yourself by throwing in "charity", i.e. "works". You can't cherry-pick the bible to your own liking.

[trebb]

LOL! Grasping at straws are we? Don't forget in this parable, He was still living under the Old Testament and the rich guy was doing nothing to earn a chance - back then folks either earned it or got special dispensation from God --- David kicking the bucket sin free and Heaven-bound despite the whole Uriah faux pas comes to mind.

Accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior is the only path to Heaven and under the New Covenant, it is by Faith and Faith (in His loving sacrifice) alone that we are saved..

You are the one who has been cherry-picking passages w/o keeping them in context.