Are all Catholics lost?

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by mfblume

You speak as though love supersedes the scriptures, a though the scriptures are not the ultimate decision and statement of God. You speak as though whatever the word says, that's not what we should go by as if the word is arbitrary based upon some OTHER standard of God. You say we are being legalistic (when you do not know what legalism even is), and that implies you believe the WORD is useless and cannot be depended upon as the final say in all issues, as though the love of God and His word are not complementary, with the word being less.

For you to accuse us of being lawyers when we state the word says such and such in response to your claims, is for you to believe the Word of God is simply not understood properly without some hocus pocus version of love. Hence, your view of love is skewed.

They paint a picture of an enabler who isn't a father, or even acts as one. He allows his children to do as they very well please without repercussions. Why? Because he loves them? No, he would be actually hating them. Therefore in Eph 4 we are told that ministry is given for the maturing of the saints for the work of the ministry. Jesus states that we are to be mature as God is mature? Not a father who allows his children to do as they want under the structure of his home.