Yes, I understand. However it is easy to make these kinds of statements, but they seem to be made from those who do not consider that they in fact may be dammed. We do not know the fate of any human being, it is only God who sees the soul, the will, the wounds, and so many other aspects of the human person that we do not see.....including ourselves.
Actually the only people truly rebuked were those like us. We are the people of the book, we seem to think w know who is saved and who is not, and we look to behaviors that are easy to spot, so to speak. We like the Pharisees looked down on those who sin differently than perhaps we do, but ignore perhaps our own failings, or make excuses.
Jesus was very strong on Judging others:
1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Actions can be judged, but the state of the soul cannot, it is God's domain, and thank God for that.
Peace
Mark
