I'm not a Mormon. Im just reminding y'all that the bible clearly says that we will be judged on what we have done...
It was always the belief for 1,500 years before this notion of easy salvation came along
"Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men, because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
The above is not saying what you think it is saying. You are interpreting it as God holding believers accountable for the wrong that we have done as believers, i.e. the sins that we have committed, which would undermine the purpose of salvation. It would also do away with the following scripture, as well as others:
"If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and
to cleanse us from all wickedness."
According to the scripture above, how then can we be held accountable for the wrongs/sins that we commit, when, if we confess them He cleanses us of all unrighteousness? It would also do away with the promise that God casts our sins as far as the east is from the west and remembers them no more. So what is Colossians 3:25 saying?
"because you know that
you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
You are interpreting it as meaning that whatever sins/wrongs we have done as believers in Christ, that God is going to punish us for those things, which would basically be unforgiveness. However, the truth of this matter is that, Paul is speaking about those who claim to be believers but do wrong instead of what is right and remain in that state of wrong doing. If your interpretation was true, then I for one would not be looking forward to the blessed hope, because I would be going through a whole lifetime of wrongs/sins that I committed as a believer. And I'm sure that it would be the same for every believer throughout all of history. You're taking your Easy-peezy thing to far.
"Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism."
Meaning that, if a believer continues doing wrong, i.e. willfully living according to the sinful nature, then God will repay that person, because he will not enter into eternal life by living that life. What that scripture is not saying, is that God will punish believers for every wrong that they have done while walking in Christ. In other words, 'you call yourself a believer, but you live a life doing wrong? Then you will be repaid for your wrong. For though you claim to be in Christ, your actions don't match your claim and with God there is no favoritism.
Romans 2:6
God “will repay each person according to what they have done.
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
At the judgment seat (Bema Seat) believers will not be judged for sin, but will receive reward or loss of reward. Our sins have been forgiven, cast as far as the east is from the west. For Jesus paid the penalty for them.
And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.
The church is not judged at the great white throne, but will be the judgment of all the unrighteous dead throughout all of history. The fact that their spirits will be released from Hades, which a place of torment, tells you that neither the church nor any of the righteous will be judged at that judgments. For the second death will have power over those who take part in that resurrection.
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
So, according to the above, you have us saved by our works. Yet scripture states that we are save by grace through faith. It is the gift of God, not by works.
Abraham was credited with righteousness because he believed God. James misquoted Abraham saying that he was credited with righteousness by being ready to sacrifice his son. However, Abraham was credited with righteousness 15 years before Isaac was born.
While Peter was still speaking, the Gentile Cornelius and his household, began to speak in languages and prophecy and that without first being baptized, not having any hands laid on them, no works and no promises of keeping the law. For Peter said that God had cleansed their hearts by faith.
The man on the cross of whom Jesus said, 'today you will be with Me in paradise,' could not come down off the cross to be baptized or perform any good works, but simply said, 'Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom." Yet he obtained eternal life through pure faith.
Good works are the result of faith and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. And we will be rewarded for those treasures that we have built up in heaven. However, believers who have continued in faith will not be held accountable for their sins at the Bema Seat, because Jesus was already held accountable for them.