Do you know where you're headed, sir?
I was walking through our conference center this week when an area coordinator asked me that question. There are many meeting rooms there, and her job is to ensure people get directed to the right place. But at that moment, as I moved from one business meeting to the next, I had actually been thinking about how great God is and how fortunate I am for the life I have. It was if God were asking me the question.
My answer is: Yes, I think so. I am going to Heaven. Not because I deserve it, but because God is merciful. He casts my sins away as far as the east is from the west. I try to be faithful of heart, as David was. I fall short of how I should act, but I try to be loving, generous, and thoughtful to those around me, and grateful to God for all I have. I think that's what God wants. Could I do it better? Of course. Am I sorry that I don't? For sure. But I have also noticed so far, as I have made my way through the Old Testament, that God repeatedly counsels His people not to be afraid. He doesn't say "don't be sad" or "don't cry" or "don't grieve" or "don't be angry". These are part of being human. But He does say "Do not be afraid."
And so, I am not afraid (or, at least, I try not to be afraid) that He will abandon me, or that He will withdraw His love from me, or that He will renege on His promise of everlasting life for me. I do feel sad and grieve when I recognize how far I fall short of the person I should be, but being confident in His mercy and love helps me shake off that sorrow and move forward.
Do I know where I am going? Yes, I think I do. Thank God.
Jesus is the true north on the compass. If our eyes are on Him, we do know where we're going even when we realize we don't deserve to get there because of our sins. The blessing of Divine Mercy is astounding.
ReplyDeleteCatholicism is counterfeit Christianity and you are completely deceived, believing in "another jesus and another gospel" per 2 Cor 11:4, which will never save you. For example, Boniface VIII proclaimed (circa 1300) that it was, "altogether necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff".
ReplyDeleteFace it: THAT IS A LIE. You can jump up and down, stand on your head in Macy's window and scream to the moon until you're blue in the face trying to convince us, but it will never be true. Salvation is believing in the merits of Christ alone, period, end of story.
Indeed, Catholicism is a viperous theology that has bitten its members for far too long. Only the anti-venom of Scripture can cure her ills. But she refuses to take the antidote. We are flabbergasted that the laity refuse to wake up out of their spiritual coma and prefer to be lulled to sleep by all of the RCC's unbiblical doctrines! Let's take another example. The RCC has abrogated the original command to partake of BOTH bread and wine, and instead teach Jesus would be pleased we take either one!
WHAT?! NO WAY.
They even teach that the Savior never even OBLIGATED us to consume both elements. Listen to the madness of the Council of Trent: "This holy synod, taught by the Holy Spirit...declares that lay people...are not obliged by any divine command to receive the sacrament of the Eucharist under both kinds, and that it can in no way be doubted without injury to faith that Communion under either kind is sufficient to them for salvation. For although Christ the Lord at his last supper instituted this sacrament with the form of bread and wine...nevertheless that institution and tradition do not aim at this, that all believers in Christ are bound by the commandment of the Lord to receive both kinds. Neither is it rightly concluded [from the Last Supper or] from the discourse in John 6...that Communion under both kinds is commanded by the Lord” (“Concerning Communion Under Both Kinds”, ch 1).
To be sure, these are not the words of those under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, but rather of MAD SCIENTISTS on the verge of an explosion in the laboratory. They have completely reversed and thrown under the bus our marching orders to partake of BOTH bread and wine, so it is inconceivable they have been divinely commissioned by Jesus Christ to break his own commandments! The Lord said the Scriptures cannot be broken (John 10:35), but the Council of Trent has indeed done just that! No reasons whatsoever, no matter how pious they may sound, can justify mutilating the Lord’s Supper down to the choice of either bread OR wine. Jesus did not give us that option! Consequently, since the magisterium is obviously of the devil, the belief that the Messiah was speaking LITERALLY in John 6 and the Last Supper (as it regards eating his flesh) cannot possibly be true. Instead, all the biblical evidence proves he was speaking metaphorically in those places, and oh....should you deny it, I dare you to invite me to debate the issue.