Re: Is it just me or is it telling that

The Big Dog · 2025-06-17T17:45:38.117Z

Religious folks (not just Christians) fight amongst themselves but atheists do not? You don’t see different sects and denominations among those people. They just simply don’t believe. Anytime you bring people together there will be fighting and bickering yes, but it seems that would be a way to differentiate it as truth…if there was total harmony and unity. Just a thought.

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Mark 10:17-21

As Jesus was starting out on his way to Jerusalem, a man came running up to him, knelt down, and asked, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

18 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked. “Only God is truly good. 19 But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. You must not cheat anyone. Honor your father and mother.’”

20 “Teacher,” the man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.”

21 Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him. “There is still one thing you haven’t done,” he told him. “Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Matthew 25: 31-46

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

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Nicodemus came to Jesus with the exact same question as the rich young ruler. Jesus gave 2 completely different answers. Why? Was Jesus confused? Of course not. Nicodemus came with sincerity in seeking eternal life and Jesus simply told him he must be born again. The rich young ruler came with simply his pride in believing he kept the law but with no desire to follow Christ. Jesus looked into his hypocrisy and simply pointed it out. One came with a humble heart and found salvation. One came with pride in his works and did not find salvation.
You are correct about James as well. James says faith without works is dead. So many people call on Christ on a whim or during crisis but have no real desire to follow Christ. James simply points out that works are evidence of sincere faith and works alone will never bring salvation.
Have I done good works? Yes. My wife and I just did another one about an hour ago. But I’m sure glad salvation is not based on my world because I will fall short along with 109% of the people who ever breathed air on this planet.

Is it just me or is it telling that

Re: was waiting on a big reveal coming

Its why the middle east is such a mess