Mark 16: 16 Question

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Matthew 7:21 – 23

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

… Those who addressed Jesus as “Lord”, obviously believed but Jesus clearly says that not all who believe will be saved.
 
fish90 said:
How does this relate to the Catholic teaching on mortal sin and hell.

“Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.”
usccb.org/nab/bible/mark/mark16.htm

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A mortal sin…takes one out of the state of grace one is put in by Christ via faith and baptism. If one dies in mortal sin thus apart from Christ…unrepentant etc…that is hell.

One must take the various verses in scripture together and with the analogy of faith.
 
even Satan believed in God up to a point – satan did not have enough faith to live it in action.
 
fish90 said:
How does this relate to the Catholic teaching on mortal sin and hell.

“Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.”
usccb.org/nab/bible/mark/mark16.htm

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Contained in the meaning of “He who believes” is a total giving of self to Christ, which means keeping Christ’s commands. How on earth can one expect to enter heaven if he or she does not keep the commands of Christ? These are not suggestions, but commands. Remember that it is Christ Who judges us upon our death, and we must show by our lives that we tried our best to keep those commands during our lives. Even then, we must rely upon His mercy in judgment.

As to the sacrament of Baptism itself, one must be baptized in water (see Acts 8:36-39, Acts 9:18) and the Spirit (Confirmation - see Acts 8:14-17). Jesus commanded us to be baptized (Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:16), and He explained this process to Nicodemus in John 3:3-5.

Some very recent beliefs in the fundamentalist Christian world are that we do not need the Sacrament of Baptism, since the “water” we are born through (amniotic fluid) is our baptism. This is contrary to the bible, and to mainstream Christians it is, quite frankly, craziness.
 
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