telling people you know their heart better than God does, after falsely appraising their beliefs, is not getting you any closer to God.
For instance, incorrectly interpreting catholic beliefs as “your works save you alongside Christ” is not catholic teaching
Catholic teaching is based in scripture
be baptized in the name of the father son holy spirit
confess your sins one to another
eat of Christ’s body and drink of His blood
these are actions that you have to take to be saved
vatican 2 actually acknowledges that it may be possible to be saved without being baptized (for someone who has never heard the Holy Spirit and been compelled and rejected it)
So there are actions you must take to be saved according to Christ’s own words
Basically the idea is not that you earn your salvation
it’s that if a person is trying to self-assess and having a crisis of faith they may ant to take some specific actions to make sure they are right with God, to help strengthen their faith
such as prayer
devotion
charity
etc
telling people you know their heart better than God does, after falsely appraising their beliefs, is not getting you any closer to God.
For instance, incorrectly interpreting catholic beliefs as “your works save you alongside Christ” is not catholic teaching
Catholic teaching is based in scripture
be baptized in the name if the father son holy spirit
confess your sins one to another
eat of Christ’s body and drink of His blood
these are actions that you have to take to be saved
vatican 2 actually acknowledges that it may be possible to be saved without being baptized (for someone who has never heard the Holy Spirit and been compelled and rejected it)
So there are actions you must take to be saved according to Christ’s own words
Basically the idea us not that you earn your salvation
it’s that if a person is trying to self-assess and having a crisis of faith they may ant to take some specific actions to make sure they are right with God, to help strengthen their faith
such as prayer
devotion
charity
etc
telling people you know their heart better than God does, after falsely appraising their beliefs, is not getting you any closer to God.
For instance, incorrectly interpreting catholic beliefs as “your works save you alongside Christ” is not catholic teaching
Catholic teaching is based in scripture
be baptized in the name if the father son holy spirit
confess your sins one to another
eat of Christ’s body and drink of His blood
these are actions that you have to take to be saved
vatican 2 actually acknowledges that it may be possible to be saved without being baptized (for someone who has never heard the Holy Spirit and been compelled and rejected it)
So there are actions you must take to be saved according to Christ’s own words
Basically the idea us not that you earn your salvation
it’s that if a person is trying to self-assess and having a crisis of faith they may ant to take some specific actions to make sure they are right with God, to hell strengthen their faith
such as prayer
devotion
charity
etc
telling people you know their heart better than God does, after falsely appraising their beliefs, is not getting you any closer to God.