tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275634874370603960.post238604014514436368..comments2023-07-01T20:37:41.789+08:00Comments on Sunday Mornings: Are You Saved?Msgr. Lope C. Robredillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05298975885844089160noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275634874370603960.post-76702958668805007922009-08-29T08:00:13.906+08:002009-08-29T08:00:13.906+08:00There are people who think they are save but they ...There are people who think they are save but they might not be save and there are people who thinks they are not save but with repentance and humility they might be the ones who are save. Why? Because a person who already believed that he/she is saved will dwell in complacency that he/she has nothing to worry and strive for anymore. And then end up on this stagnant stage of acquired holiness, of being an elite or chosen ones of an idolatrous god. In itself an entrapment by the evil one, believing that they are already save, they had committed themselves to the sin of arrogance and pride and they became blind and deaf to anyone who will tell them otherwise and even to the consequence of there sins. Because they see their suffering as a gift from their god. As Fr. Benedict Groeschel always say on his EWTN program and I quote, “anyone who found a god that they know, had created in themselves an idol, a mental god”. A mental god that becomes an end in itself and so has no more chance of getting deeper to the heart where God resides.<br /><br />In contrast with a person who does not believe he is save. So he strive with all his faculties to seek the truth and listen to those who has the message of salvation. If this person find out the truth even if it is not clear to him and accepted the narrow way to salvation, he will be the one that will be save. The point to remember here is the way to salvation is narrow and hard not like the salvation that you only have to pray a short verse of prayer and you will already be “born again” and be save. This prayer can be authentic because it invoke our Lord, but it is only a beginning not the end. You may experience some vibrant consolation with it but it does not stay for long. If your conversion is authentic God will lead you back to the Way of the Cross, the narrow road. He will tell you to pick up your cross and follow Him. As the saying goes,”when it is too good to be true it usually is a trap”.<br /><br />Salvation belongs and is the will of God alone. No one can save you but God. And God can save anyone he wants, and we don't know and it is not our business to know His criteria. The rule of thumb is not to mess with God. Huwag na huwag mong pangungunahan ang Diyos. Much of our afflictions and of our World afflictions are the consequence of messing up with God. With all our egotistic intentions gets in the way of God's will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com