I’m not perfect by any means and am working to overcome a few problems that are not insignificant, but after what I’ve learned here and through Q, if God grades on the curve, I’m on pretty damned good shape to get into heaven or atleast in adjacent community.
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My opinion is that Earth is a pass/fail class, and the only ones who truly fail are the ones who desperately and explicitly want to fail. Just make an effort to treat everyone with love and kindness and you're all set. It may not be the orthodox view, but it is what I believe.
This is literally what the Church of Satan believes. To just treat everyone with love and kindness and you’re all set. We need Jesus for a reason, it’s not all about us nor our works.
Ephesians 2:8-13 8For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.a
One in Christ (Philippians 2:1–4) 11Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)— 12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
Well, all I know is I'm not a Satanist, but I honestly can't believe any Satanist espousing love for God and neighbor as a guiding value. Beyond that, I just do the best I can and I am sure one day I will learn the truth.
The truth is hidden from those who do not seek it.
Yes you will and it will be painful. The worst part is, is that you have been given an opportunity to make that choice for Christ, and still… You will choose to die in your sins. That’s very sad. Your heart is in the right place, however, a heart without Christ in it, will leave you short. You may want to reconsider your thought process, because this entire thread is God crying out to you with the truth. God bless you and have a great day.
Open your eyes
Satanists are their own gods. Since humanity is like gods to them, this is where their reverence for treating each other come from. It is a twisted love compared to the love we have from the Father.
The difficulty with that is that we don't even meet that standard on our own:
Honestly , this is not far from what Jesus our Messiah said himself: Mark 12:28
(This is where they are in the Antique Covenant (OT, If you prefer)
He extended this to include even those for whom the 'hatred is mutual', when he told the story of the good Samaritan. And He amplified it when He described being angry with others without cause as setting yourself up for hellfire. If you read the Sermon on the Mount and the after verses, you'll get the idea that God's standard is sinless perfection. And you'll be right. Reading Isaiah 52 -53 will help.