Grex Reality Conference Item 40

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Not all who call him Lord are his sheep

Dec 12 22:18 UTC 1998

Righteousness

Not all that call him Lord are his sheep, and some that do not call him 
Lord are his sheep. For the children of God are not recognized by 
religions and rituals, but by righteousness towards others. For there 
are righteous atheists who are the sheep of God. For those that have 
not, and do not knowing offend God are not in sin. And even though they 
may not come to believe in God in this life, they shall nevertheless 
enter the kingdom of Heaven in the same manor as those who have known 
the truth of God, and were righteous towards others. 

For many that are said to be lost will out of the goodness of their 
Spiritual heart feed the hungry, cloth the naked, and give water to 
those who thirst without any thought of reward. For these are the things 
that please God, it is the fruit of righteousness that proceeds from 
within the Spiritual heart. Whereas, the goats who feed the hungry, 
cloth the naked, and give water to those that thirst do not do such 
things out of the goodness their heart, but for heavenly rewards, and 
the love of boasting of good works. For the religious ones foolishly 
believe that what pleases God is an unquestioning belief in doctrines 
and the observance of rituals. 

FOR THIS IS THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE-THIS IS THE LAND OF EGYPT
http://www.cjnetworks.com/~quixote

4 responses total.

happyboy

response 1 of 4:

Dec 12 23:19 UTC 1998

i believe barney.

mudd

response 2 of 4:

Jan 17 06:55 UTC 1999

Awake! magazine could not have said it better,
Unfortunately, Wayne, you may want (or not) to consider that there is a 
difference between goodness and holiness.  Not popular, but hey, must 
Truth (capital T) be popular?

hillsdon

response 3 of 4:

Feb 1 22:10 UTC 2000

There is a big difference between goodness and holiness.  Because the human
race is falled - sinful by nature - even our kindesst acts are not enough to
please a holy god. This is why Jesus had to come a die on the cross, so that
by believing in him our very nature could be changed.

response 4 of 4:

Feb 2 02:44 UTC 2000

I don't know if the point was to change our nature.
There certainly hasn't been any evidence of such a
change in the past 2000 years, except maybe for the
worse.  As to believing in him, I always liked the
story about how Heisenberg (I think -- some skeptical
scientist, at any rate) hung a horseshoe over the 
door to his lab, and when questioned by a visitor, 
said, "They tell me it works whether you believe in
it or not."

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