The criminal crucified next to Jesus made a statement of faith and died before being baptized, yet was told, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
HOW, in the name of all things holy and Nixon, is this related to OSAS?The criminal crucified next to Jesus made a statement of faith and died before being baptized, yet was told, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
But what would Jesus know about that anyway…
I’m talking about KNOWING what God thinks, whether we are heaven-bound or not. Only God knows who is entering heaven or not. That’s not something man can know because claiming to know is claiming to know what God is thinking and therefore, being equal to God.How is God’s mercy anything to boast of
??? What room could there possibly be for that ? God’s mercy is not a human achievement - it is an utterly undeserved free gift. It is not something one earns for being good, but something granted because one is desperate need of it because one is an enemy of God. There is no room here for any boasting of any kind whatever, but only for thanksgiving to God & for glorifying His Son. The idea that one can boast & brag because God has for His own gracious purposes saved damnable wretches from the eternal punishment they so richly deserve, is entirely misplaced
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A deathbed repentence is not the same as OSAS.The criminal crucified next to Jesus made a statement of faith and died before being baptized, yet was told, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
But what would Jesus know about that anyway…