Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: charles@rpi.edu (Charles K. Hurst) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Faith and Works Message-ID: Date: 24 Jan 91 08:19:50 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 33 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article farkas@eng.sun.com (Frank Farkas) writes: ... >This is what the judgement is all about. Those who have rejected Christ and >commited the unpardonable sin will be cast out, all others will be saved. >However, one will receive the glory which is comparable to the glory of >the sun and another will receive glory which is comparable to the glory >of the faintest star in the heavens. Well, Frank, since there will be no sickness, sadness, or sorrow in heaven, I might well point out that it is not going to make any difference to me in heaven if you drive a mercedes and I drive a rabbit. It's HEAVEN, dude! Get real, I don't even think I will suffer regret, since that would produce sorrow. Works is a reaction to the work that ONLY God can do in our lives. I know. I've tried to "be good" on my own, and it never works. Why are you so hung up on doing better than others? Why do I say that? Because you got this focus that the "righteous" are going to do better than the "just-barely- made-its". If you take that attitude you are right back to trying to work your way to heaven. The bible tells us that the angels rejoice EVERY time someone gets saved, and they don't care who. I think God has the same attitude towards us that will get to heaven. Remember the parable about the wedding feast, where God invites all the rich and righteous people to attend, but none of them will come, so he tells his servants what? To go out and get the "scum" of the area, the beggars, the lame, the sick, the social outcasts, etc. Do you think any of those beggars would have given a rip if one of the "righteous" people made it also? They were probably all just massively glad that God allowed them to attend! Notice that they all were given the same garment, I take this to signify their equalness in God's sight. Anyway, these are just a few of my thoughts. Love-in-Christ, Charles K. Hurst