format_quote Originally Posted by
AntiKarateKid
So how come it doesnt seem like Christians who have done all the rituals are any less sinful than the good Jew or Muslim?
Well, that's because most people only say they are or think they are Christian when in actuality they don't have an ounce of Jesus. Here's what Jesus said:
'Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name?
and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto them,
I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work
iniquity.' Matthew 7: 21-23.
Jesus won't say, I knew you but you backslid, he will tell them that he never knew them period. And these are people who are going around supposedly casting out devils. It all comes back to whether or not you are living a life that is pleasing in the sight of the Lord, a life that he enabled you to live because you came to him.