I wish that C.S. Lewis were alive today for no other reason but for you.
As in his best-known simplistic book Mere Christianity I agree you are right that every person will go through Judgment Day and “the Law and Authority” will have nothing to do with the outcome as you describe above. Jesus Himself will have already choosen every one who enjoys eternity and clearly communicated criteria for that (Moses being one of His choices, often quoted by Him and demonstrated in what was recorded in the New Testament — and he was no perfect prophet, nor smarter than God either).
ME:
I gave a copy of Mere Christianity to every member of my family.
I am 99% atheist, but if that made me a complete non-Christian, Jesus would not have spent so much time urging people to have faith, or praised the mustard seed.
I am an honest man and an Aryan. The man who went onto the cross HIMSELF instead of drawing a big salary from a pulpit is a hero.
On the other end of the scale, my Bible Belt instincts are outraged by people who water down religion or make it an excuse for a philosophy. Believe it as it is or ABANDON it. That is an honest Aryan soul talking.
#1 by shari on 06/05/2007 - 10:25 am
You sound like Flannery O’Conner’s character Tarwater, who she described as a protestant saint. I had a grandmother with the same attitude. She said once that she didn’t know where it came from. Well, it was passed down.
#2 by Bob on 06/08/2007 - 11:57 am
I came by it honestly. My ganddaddy was a Methodist circuit rider.