Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!sun-barr!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: farkas@eng.sun.com (Frank Farkas) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Faith and Works Message-ID: Date: 26 Jan 91 04:34:11 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 56 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , charles@rpi.edu (Charles K. Hurst) writes: >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 guess that your are one of those who don't believe that we will be rewarded by our good works. I find this quite un-Biblical. I assume that you also think that we all will be joint heirs with Christ, regardless if one had more faith and more good works then another. I find all this quite un-Biblical. Sorry the way you feel. For our Heavenly Father wants to give you all what he has, and you have no appreciation of it at all. You don't hold his gifts in a great estime at all. He wants to give you all, and you say that you want only part of it. What a rebuke of his love, grace and mercy. I remember what happened to the people of Isreal, to whom God promised to reveal himself in the wilderness. They said, said no thanks. They wondered in the wilderness for 40 years and only two, not even Moses, were allowed to enter into the promissed land. Is the empty sentimentality which you use suppose to cancel out teachings in the Bible? I hope that you do accept what Paul says about this subject. Romans 2:6-8 ============ "Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath," For some reason he didn't feel the same way as you do. In fact he took the promises quite seriously. He urged others: Philippians 2:12 ================ "Wherefore my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." >Love-in-Christ, > Charles K. Hurst With brotherly love, Frank