"objectively" lol. The irony of you saying that, while being a sort of gnostic nihilist, is not lost on me. Put down the Nietzsche bro.
Anyway, if you're going to trash the religion, you at least ought understand it enough to trash what it really is, rather than what you think it is. To quote Yoda, "that is why you fail."
That being said, in short: Jesus died for all of humanity. By the grace of God those who don't believe him could possibly by saved by living a moral life as dictated by a property formed conscience, and further, belief alone in Jesus as your savior isn't enough.
Perhaps you misunderstand salvation with sanctification? All that is needed for salvation (the assurance of your eternal soul having a place set with God forever) is to honestly know Jesus Christ is God in the flesh and when you know Him you know the Father. In conjunction with this you must know you cannot save yourself from fallen nature and thus fallen eternity, God Himself is the only cure! Sanctification is allowing your life to be transformed further into Gods 's image(Jesus). God breathed life into everyone of us and when we come back to Him(salvation), then together, while building a relationship, God's Holy Spirit is working with your heart and mind to think and act more aligned with God's ways (sanctification). To finish it off, when you die and meet the Father, He will complete the work you've both done together and that is what we call glorification.
Post script to avoid misunderstanding; I do not mean to suggest work gets you to heaven, it doesn't, faith in the diety and power of Christ, (His death and ressurection) to save gets you into heaven. The relational work with knowing God better is the logical next step when you love someone and are trying to understand their love for you and I hope everyone to have that with God.
I can tell you're a man of good will, so in short I'll just say that the doctrine of justification by faith, which long predates Protestantism, is like promising short cut on a long and grueling walk. But, people have been debating this for a long time, and nothing new is going to said here of all places.
I know a lot about you, because you post long esoteric pseudo philosophical and surprisingly personal and emotional ramblings on here that I, to my detriment, have actually read. Does that surprise you?
"objectively" lol. The irony of you saying that, while being a sort of gnostic nihilist, is not lost on me. Put down the Nietzsche bro.
Anyway, if you're going to trash the religion, you at least ought understand it enough to trash what it really is, rather than what you think it is. To quote Yoda, "that is why you fail."
That being said, in short: Jesus died for all of humanity. By the grace of God those who don't believe him could possibly by saved by living a moral life as dictated by a property formed conscience, and further, belief alone in Jesus as your savior isn't enough.
Perhaps you misunderstand salvation with sanctification? All that is needed for salvation (the assurance of your eternal soul having a place set with God forever) is to honestly know Jesus Christ is God in the flesh and when you know Him you know the Father. In conjunction with this you must know you cannot save yourself from fallen nature and thus fallen eternity, God Himself is the only cure! Sanctification is allowing your life to be transformed further into Gods 's image(Jesus). God breathed life into everyone of us and when we come back to Him(salvation), then together, while building a relationship, God's Holy Spirit is working with your heart and mind to think and act more aligned with God's ways (sanctification). To finish it off, when you die and meet the Father, He will complete the work you've both done together and that is what we call glorification.
Post script to avoid misunderstanding; I do not mean to suggest work gets you to heaven, it doesn't, faith in the diety and power of Christ, (His death and ressurection) to save gets you into heaven. The relational work with knowing God better is the logical next step when you love someone and are trying to understand their love for you and I hope everyone to have that with God.
I can tell you're a man of good will, so in short I'll just say that the doctrine of justification by faith, which long predates Protestantism, is like promising short cut on a long and grueling walk. But, people have been debating this for a long time, and nothing new is going to said here of all places.
I know a lot about you, because you post long esoteric pseudo philosophical and surprisingly personal and emotional ramblings on here that I, to my detriment, have actually read. Does that surprise you?