If Jesus died for your sins that means he knew you, Tsuwano, personally, while he was on that cross in the midst of His passion. He knew you because He is the One that you are leaving the rest with, God. Jesus had command of the wind and the waves because He was there in the Creation, He knew everything about every one He ever had contact with, and He had contact with you when He was on the cross.
I agree Tsuwano, Christ did not practice pagan rituals such as reading tea leaves and gazing into crystal balls.You are correct in saying that the Church makes to judgement as to who is, or is not, in Hell. Jesus,also, teaches that the road to Heaven is very narrow. We must not delude ourselves into thinking that everyone goes to Heaven.
What purpose would this serve? The church is here as a shepherd for us, not for the past.
Jesus’ statements about plucking out your eye and cutting off your hand are again, a rabbi using the common teaching technique of remez. Jesus is hinting at Zecheriah 11 where the prophet speaks about worthless shepherds who do not care for their sheep.
A true Protestant, one that adheres to the word of God, would not think that “everyone goes to heaven”. There are those who believe in the “once saved, always saved”, but they also believe the verse from St. John letters to believers that states, regarding unbelievers and false Christians, “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.”You are correct in saying that the Church makes to judgement as to who is, or is not, in Hell. Jesus,also, teaches that the road to Heaven is very narrow. We must not delude ourselves into thinking that everyone goes to Heaven.
We cannont allow ourselves to fall into the Protestant way of thinking of “once saved, always saved”.
I’ve found myself disagreeing with most of what you’ve shared on your thoughts of Jesus. Jesus is God. He is the Word of God Made Flesh. His thoughts were God’s thoughts. That was why he knew exactly what the Pharisees were thinking everytime they tried to trip him up with the questions they’d ask him. That was why His word alone could drive out a demon from a possessed person. When you look up on Jesus, you are seeing God.
Well, I agree with you to an extent. But there are so many heresies stating that “there is no hell” or “no one goes to the real hell but apostate Mormons” or “in the end Jesus will save everyone including Lucifer himself because Jesus died for everyone, including Lucifer himself”. I have come across people and even family members that have uttered these words. I have had to defend my beliefs plenty. It is beneficial to discuss such things in my opinion.
I disagree. I think it’s very much implicit, though perhaps not explicit (I think it’s pretty explicit, but there’s no dogma on it), that Judas is in Hell. If it would have been better that Judas had never been born simply because of his pain in life, then I guess the same applies to pretty much every person, because most people don’t go through life riding silver clouds. I can make the most sense of Jesus’ words when I interpret them the same way that almost every Christian in history has, which is that Judas is doomed to Hell.
I don’t deny that he may be making reference to these Scriptures, but the way in which he employs those references is hyperbolic.
Her writings are certainly not Church teachings.
But you have 24 posts to your name.I recall a story told me by a famed theologian.
*"Having gone to Heaven, a man, after for some time enjoying bliss, was disturbed to note that only one person seemed unhappy: Jesus Himself. The man approached Him, and said, ‘Lord, how can You, of all people, be unhappy in this wonderful dwelling place You have made and peopled by Your sacrifice with those who love You?’
“Jesus raised a tear-stained face to the man and said, ‘I miss Judas.’”*
People seem to forget that it would be better, arguably, for any unrepentant sinner if he or she had never been born, not just Judas. Unless you know the mind of God, best to assume that He’s capable of making a decision regarding the disposition of any soul, including that of Judas.
And I’m not a new member. I just never post.
Sin is not a mechanism for salvation. Mary, John the Baptist, the Apostles, and all disciples to the present day and beyond serve as instruments for God. Sin is not an instrument, it is the anithesis of it… It is the reason our innocent Lord was put on the cross. Judas was in no way instrumental to this. In fact, we read on several occasions in the gospels that Jesus was sparred from being slain precisely because his time had not yet come. Providence was forestalling his fate until the appointed time. Perhaps this was done to show Jesus triumphing in spite of even one of his very own apostles betraying him. We don’t know, however we do know that evil is - by definition of being evil - not one of the works of God.
A curious thought about Confession Reuben J. and it has caused me to think a bit. I went back to the accounts of Judas in the Bible and came up with a few points. Judas was known to Christ all along as the one who would betray Him as John 6:64 states clearly. As a matter of fact, Jesus chose Him for that purpose so that scripture might be fulfilled as said in John 13:18-30. Judas was a dishonest disciple who stole from the money bag and chastised the woman who anointed Christ with the very expensive perfume so says the story in Mark 14. The passage says Judas suggested a “better” use. The money used to purchase the perfume should have been used for the poor, but the passage says essentially Judas wanted to take the money for his pleasure. Judas made a visit to the chief priests in Matthew 26 and specifically asked how much money could be made if he delivered Christ over to them. After he found out the amount it says, “From that moment he sought an opportunity to betray [Christ]”. Judas was a money hungry thief who was using his discipleship for wealth only (sounds like the modern day Prosperity Gospel). Hence Judas is caught betraying the Saviour with 30 silver coins and a kiss. Before the end of his life Judas regrets turning in Christ because Christ had committed no crime and throws the bags back to the chief priests in Matthew 27. There are plenty of criminals in this world that feel remorse for a crime they have committed against an innocent bystander or a person in general. It does not mean they have repented of their sin to the One and True God. When all the accounts of Judas in the Bible are read, there is not one account that states Judas asked Christ the Saviour or God the Father for forgiveness. What I have found is there is a verse that is in Galatians that quotes from Deuteronomy that says, “Cursed is he that hangeth on a tree”. If you are cursed, are you saved as well?
Thanks for taking time to give a factual account of Judas in response to my post.