Once the discussion turns to abortion, I'm not sure it's worth pursuing other matters.
I tend to be a "red letter" Christian, one who prioritizes Jesus' teaching. I think he agrees that you don't have to do anything to get God to love you. He also teaches that there are consequences for evil. But I think that's different than what many Christians teach, which is that by default everyone is doomed, and they have to get "saved" to avoid hell.
Further pursuit of this topic should be in a separate thread.
Hedrick let’s not sugar coat it. Jesus was quite clear on judgment. He talked about Hell more than any other in the Bible. He also was clear on what the human heart produced.
Mark 7: NASB
14After He called the crowd to Him again, He
began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:
15there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man.
16[“If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”]
17When he had left the crowd
andentered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable.
18And He said to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,
19because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?” (
Thus He declared all foods clean.)
20And He was saying, “That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man.
21“For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
22deeds of coveting
and wickedness,
as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride
and foolishness.
23“All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”
