Love One Another and the Cross

[shazeep]

ok it might be tempting, but i'm not sure there is anything more to be gained here. I would never claim that you don't need the Cross for salvation. What i am doing is reflecting upon how many believe that they have clung to the Cross, crying "Lord, Lord," who have deceived themselves, according to Scripture. Being a hypocrite myself, i see that it is easy to play on peoples' hypocrisy, possibly without even meaning to be hypocritical, as that is the nature of hypocrisy; people hear what they want to hear.

But i see that if one reads the whole of Scripture, not skipping over the parts they don't like, a picture of God's love for the world emerges that is anathema to religion, especially in its more critical and exclusive perspectives--which vary from sect to sect--and basically define what that religion is, or believes.

So with that in mind, i would answer your questions in this way:

"What remits sins?"
"A good deed covers many sins."

"What makes us righteous?"
"Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as He is righteous."