You Can Fake It All

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

The litmus tests state that Christians will do or be x, but they don't state that everyone who does x is a Christian.

They are presented that way. By THIS shall ALL men KNOW... The sheep were those who did the things listed. The goats were those who did not.

But sure, this must be another one of those scriptures that don't mean what they say, exactly.

Nor are those statements foolproof, because people can do good things in the name of God and be doing them for their own benefit rather than for Him--or the people they are serving.

That was my point, yes.

>>>The items on my dining room table are in my dining room, but not everything in my dining room is on the table. The reverse doesn't always apply.

Further, those guidelines were given as an assessment tool for those who claim to be Christians. They weren't intended as a measurement for sinners to see if they really qualify as Christians by their good works.

And I didn't say they were.