Do Catholics believe our reason is fallen?

[LatinRight]

Hi, Latin Right!

Please understand, I do not mean any disrespect… however, the premise of God’s Salvific Plan is not that there is “universal salvation” as ‘every single human being will go to Heaven no matter what.’

Universal Salvation is guaranteed by Christ but only to the extent that is set by the Word of God (St. John 3:14-21; 1:1-13); if all of humanity would be “saved” regardless of their unrighteousness and determination to reject God then all Scriptures that demand that man turn from sin to God is void. Further, double predestination, where God both “Wills” some to Salvation and “Wills” others to damnation goes empirically against God’s own Revelation:

If the wicked and the righteous enjoy the same wages then Scriptures that demand to put on Christ (Be Holy) are void, null, and superfluous.

Maran atha!

Angel

**God bless you Jcrichton and every readers of the CAF. **

I’m sorry Jcrichton you are misunderstand my posts.

Of course it is my mistake as I wasn’t clear enough.

I didn’t say the Nations will go to heaven, only those who are predestined to heaven the Bride of Christ goes to heaven, no one else, the nations don’t go to heaven,** they are saved on earth and they are stay on earth.**

Titus 3:5;
He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.
He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

As you see above Jcrichton, they are not elected because they were super-stars of righteous works, they elected by the grace of God and what they become, they become by the grace of God, and all achievements they had it was the gifts of God.

No one can put on Christ, without God’s gift of Initial Justification first, and without God working in a person.

We all need our “Damascus Road.”
Before our “Damascus Road” we are all Saul and after our “Damascus Road” we are St. Paul. – We are what God makes us according to His grace.

Only God has a power to make a wicked person a Saint, it is done by the grace of God and God’s will always prevail.

No God’s child/elect ever resists God’s grace of Initial Justification in all Christian history.

A person can reject God and His grace until an encounter with Christ, there is no rejection after, I KNOW THIS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

God’s will is that everyone saved, and everyone will be saved, God has what it takes to save the entire human race.

When you Jcrichton understand my previous posts 35 – 38, includes the excerpts in them from the Catholic Encyclopedia, you will know the will of God is that everyone saved, and God’s will, will be done.

You said Jcrichton:
If the wicked and the righteous enjoy the same wages then Scriptures that demand to put on Christ (Be Holy) are void, null, and superfluous.

The wicked are wicked because they not yet have their “Damascus Road” and the righteous are righteous because they already have their “Damascus Road.”

Only God has the power to make the wicked righteous and the timing is God’s and God will is to make every wicked righteous.

The will of God is that everyone saved, which is Universal Salvation.

We are “righteous” hypocrites if we forget, we are “righteous” by the grace of God, and our righteousness is HIS GIFT.

We are displaying our hypocrisy if we look down the “wicked” and we think, they are not worthy of God’s grace of Justification and Recreation and their salvation.

We should never forget, our righteousness is God’s gift paid by Christ on the Cross, we should never think, God is not able to give His gift of righteousness to every member of the entire human race, which is in fact Hiss will to give it to everyone and to save everyone.

MOST IMPORTANT
We must have love, we should love the “wicked” as well and we should pray for the salvation of everyone, this is also the will of God.

God bless you Jcrichton and every readers of the CAF.

LatinRight