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To: Iscool

Jesus and the Blessed Mother want all to join them in Heaven, but we must accept all the teachings of Jesus, and reject our own man-made beliefs and sinful ways.

It is not God or the Catholic faith that has failed.

Individuals have accepted the ways of the world and Satan and rejected God and His revealed Truths. Yes some Catholics including clergy are in that group.

We all need to understand our sins, be truly sorry for them, change from our sinful ways, repent and do penance.

We all find out where we go Heaven, Hell or Purgatory based on the judgment from Jesus when we die. Mt 25:31-46

Fundamentalists who believe that Catholics “don’t know if they’re saved or not” are convinced, in the words of James G. McCarthy, former Catholic and author of The Gospel According to Rome, “that Biblical salvation is secure, for it does not depend upon man but upon God.” This thinking fails to distinguish between the promises of God, which are always true and steadfast, and the choices of man, which are not. The object of hope—salvation—remains secure, but the subject of hope—man—can accept, reject, despair, and presume at any time. We don’t possess free will only when we make our initial choice of God’s gift of salvation; the capacity to later reject, deny, or trample it is always with us.

https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/an-apologetic-of-hope-0


362 posted on 04/04/2021 2:50:35 PM PDT by ADSUM ( )
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To: ADSUM; Mom MD; Iscool; MHGinTN
We all find out where we go Heaven, Hell or Purgatory based on the judgment from Jesus when we die. Mt 25:31-46

Why do you want to wait till you die, only to wake up in the flames 🔥 of hell? Sounds like a pretty rotten deal to me. If you want to play that game, with your immortal soul, knock yourself out. I am comfortable outside of that line of thinking. 👍 I like having assurance of salvation, even if some think we can’t. I have it. If you don’t, that’s on you bro.

363 posted on 04/04/2021 6:38:48 PM PDT by Mark17 (US Air Force, retired. It was a long 20 years. )
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