Posted by rayww on March 4, 2006, at 12:57:05
In reply to Re: Integrity and Hypocrisy » deirdrehbrt, posted by Dinah on March 4, 2006, at 2:02:52
Dinah, In my opinion, the phrase, "doing good works to get into heaven" is blasphemous, for lack of a better word. I think it is sacrilegious when that phrase gets thrown at a person who genuinely loves to be obedient to God just for the sake of being obedient. We know God loves and cares about us and would not ask anything that wasn't for our good, and for the good of mankind in general. Honestly, the idea of doing good works to get into heaven really frosts me. Who coined that phrase anyway? It certainly violates the laws of integrity. It doesn't fit hypocrisy, rather it is more accusitory than anything, kind of a justification for not wanting to do good yourself I guess. Even those who want to do good slip and fall, but get back up and try again. Perhaps the best way to describe the phrase is "twisted". Someone takes a perfectly sound doctrine, and twists it to make it sound wrong. How many other instances are there? I've heard a few, it's like Oh, I haven't realized that was actually what I was doing? Paving my road into heaven? I don't know of any person or religion who says of themself "I'm working my way into heaven". Do you? We all depend on Grace, even after all we can do.
None of the above was directed at you Dinah, simply the phrase.
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