To call oneself saved because of doctrine or adherance is vanity. -- emptiness is in the void of darkness.
Jesus came to save all men, and God's will be done. -- He came so that through (channel of an act) Him, all may be afforded salvation. There is but one Way.
We may only love. Nothing else is within our power.
TO have this idea that only those who have certain doctrine are 'saved', or that there are some who lose salvation for their sins is horrendous. -- It is only those who hold to the dotrine of Christ being the only way to salvation who are saved. It is by grace that we are saved by faith. If one chooses not faith in Christ, then yes Mediate, they are not saved. It is they who build upon the foundation of Christ that are saved. One cannot deny Christ and yet claim His shed blood as their appeasment offer.
Let me ask you, do you sin?
So then why are you different to your brother who sins? -- Why not then let us all forsake God and live a life of pleasure, seeing that at the end, even satan himself will be reconciled through Christ's shed blood.
Why are you saved and your brother is not? -- Because it is said, by faith you are saved.
Can you boast 'I am saved' because of the 'type' of faith you have? -- May not be able to boast, but you can say you are saved because of Him inside telling you so. There is but one faith and that is believing that Jesus is who He said He is and that He will do as He has said He will do. Any other faith which says all are saved regardless of faith or not, is not worthy of consideration.
Can you condemn your brother? -- No. But surely God will remain faithful to His decrees.
Was it not Jesus, the very giver of life, the saver of people, the Messiah, who came to die for the sins of all men? -- He died for past sins. One will need faith and trust in Him as their High Priest to ask for forgiveness afterwards. Forgiveness is afforded to those who approach the Mercy Seat.
So that the price for sin is no longer death. -- The price we all must, before being converted, pay for sin is death, seeing that there is no justification for those who are under the Law. It is they who are under Christ who has that adverse sentencing removed as their condemnation.
So that we shall come to see the Lamb turn to Lion and the days where every man comes to know Jesus Christ? -- what then become of those who shall experience the second death and of whom it is said that they shall receive an everlastion DESTRUCTION from the PRESENCE of the Lord? Is not the foundation of Christ saying, 'Come to me and believe in me'. Does not that same foundation say, 'Now there is no condemnation in those who believe'. So, teaching one can obtain salvation without faith, seeing that it is said all will be saved, is not based upon the doctrine which Christ taught.
So then who can say 'I have believed in the right way, so I can boast and I am 'born again' and I AM SAVED but YOU ARE NOT because you are not BORN AGAIN? -- Those who will say, 'I have believed in Jesus and that alone is the right way.' The one who is not born again still remains a child of the rebellion. What hope is there for them to escape God's wrath, if the only Way is forsaken in hopes of Universal Salvation?
THis is madness. -- Indeed, THAT is madness.
Jesus came to save all men. -- But will all believe?
Who has power to do that except Jesus? -- It is not a question of Him having the power, certainly He does. But did He really saved all, or did/does He save those who come to Him as the Way?
Who can say 'I have believed righteously and done what you asked so I am saved'. -- We, who believe Jesus to be the Messiah and we have done what you asked of us: abandoned our wicked life in exchange for You.'
ALL MEN WILL COME TO KNOW CHRIST! -- All will see Him as He is: the Lord. But after death, it is too late to repent, seeing that then it is judgment. What of those people who will not repent of their wickedness in Revelation? They too will receive the blessedness of everlasting life as the righteous? What then is the purpose of faith, even of Christ's death, even of God's wrath upon the unrighteousness of the unrighteous?
Jesus paid the debt of sin. FOR EVERY SIN! -- for every past sin. Forgiveness is given to those who seek it truely. But where is forgiveness for the one who does not seek to be reconciled to God? What of the one who mocks the blood of Christ?
So that what is left for us is to love one another. -- and of those who do not love, shall they be forced to love the coming of the Christ?
This bears no part on whether we are saved. But let me ask, is a world of love better than a world of hate? -- a world of love
So then let it be a world of love! It is benificial..
Our sin will BE REVISITED UPON us. WE shall see the mirror clearly, no longer faded. -- And this was spoken to the children of God, not the children of the rebellion. We shall be known as we truly are and shall receive a new name. Who then is on the outside of God's Kingdom? Shall they also be able to enter?
The will of God is that all men come to know Christ. -- It is the desire of God that all be saved. But if it is the will of God for all to be saved, then have we not mocked the death of the Savior by saying it was God's will all along that all will be saved?
That we see that mirror clearly.
Then who can say 'I have done enough'. Nobody has done enough. -- Faith in Christ is enough for salvation.
NOBODY. -- I beg to differ. We who believes in our Messiah will be told, 'your faith has saved you.'
But in that knowledge of Christ we will be afforded a look at ourselves as God sees us. We will be judged against our own judgement. -- And to those who are on His left, they who had no faith, shall they not be sentenced with an everlasting destruction from His presence? If it is everlasting, how then can they ever come again before Him? But yes, you are correct in saying that our own actions will be our judging.
So then who can be better than another, or above another? So, I say again, why even bother with Christ when, in the end, we all are saved? Christ and His doctrine of faith cannot be found in what you are teaching here, Universal Salvation.
So we do what we do, FOR OTHERS. Not for ourselves. We are already saved. -- We love because we are loved. And we wish to show others the Means of that love and in them accepting forgivness, they too may turn from their wickedness and live as our Christ did. How then can it be said that we all are children of God if not all are reborn as one of His children? Do they not remain a child of the rebellion and under God's wrath. So then, let us show Light to them so that they might repent and be reborn.
