The sheep inherited the kingdom. The goats received the judgment brought about by the curse.
Shake my head, you refuse to accept what the text says.
You are wrong. It is the people who did good that inherit the kingdom. And the people who did no good are judged & condemned to eternal punishment.
That is not what the text says.
Your statement is similar to the Judaisers whom Paul condemns in his letter to the Galatians. You deny grace and replace it with works.
MC, Peter is writing to the elect, not to people who are dead in their trespasses and sins.
[Let it be known among the elect that ] if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. (I Peter 1:17-19) ]
God bless you too MennoSota.
You made no argument from the text, but continued mistaking the difference between God’s chosen and those who are cursed.
Amen. That is why the text I highlighted says [Let it be known among the elect that ] if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds. Christians call God Father, that is agreed. What seems to be causing some difficulty is the part that says who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds. That part was set in bold text when I highlighted it. The idea of judgement according to one's deeds is what saint Peter wants his readers to notice; the consequent behaviour he urged upon his Christian readers is conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
This thread is about salvation That is its title. The idea in saint Pater's statement is that judgement by God is according to a Christian's deeds. This is not a new idea invented by saint Peter. He is reflecting what Jesus taught to him. We can find what Jesus taught in Matthew 25:31-46. That passage was quoted earlier in this thread. It need not be quoted here. All that I want to bring forward is this: The nations, Christians included among them are judged according to what they did, according to their deeds. Those who did good are called the righteous and those who did not do good are called accursed and wicked. The former receive the kingdom and the latter receive eternal punishment. Can we agree that such is the case?
Amen. No man saves himself by what he does nor does any man earn God's saving grace because of what he does. The just shall live by faith, says saint Paul. This is the truth and I do not challenge it. We are saved by grace, says saint Paul, through faith, and then he adds that we are saved for the purpose of doing the good works that God foreordained for Christians to do as their way of life.
MC, this is a thread on salvation. Your quote from Peter has nothing to do with this thread. You are attempting to force a passage, written to the elect, to apply to salvation when it does not apply. You do the same thing with James and with Hebrews.
