that's right, Jesus wasted His time and ours
by going to the cross and even
saying everything He said
if a man, like Gandhi or any man, could just do some good works, if that's all anybody needs to qualify for heaven.
Jesus knew He was to die the next day,
He could have run away,
He even asked His Father for a way out of doing it,
and when arrested He said He could call on a legion of Angels to rescue Him,
but He went through with it,
abuse, lied about, spat on, handed from one petty dictator to another,
wiped, crowned with thorns,
crucified naked.
for what?? so people like Gandhi or Buddha or mohammed or whoever could just get into heaven through the back door,
there is no back door,
there is only ONE door: Jesus.
There is NO doubt about the QUALITY of Ghandi,
as a person I would be pleased to meet him and have him as a friend, anyone would,
and there is precedence
in that God took enoch gen5 because He walked with God, so it may be agued that Gandhi being Christ like
could find salvation based on his works alone.
But such men are one in a million.
Also,
Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked,
“
Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?”
17“Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good.
If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
18“Which ones?” he inquired.
Jesus replied, “ ‘
You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, 19honor your father and mother,’c and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’d ”
20“All these I have kept,” the young man said. “
What do I still lack?”
21Jesus answered,
“If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.
Then come, follow me.”
22When the young man heard this, he went away sad,
because he had great wealth.
23Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you,
it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.
24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
25When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “
Who then can be saved?”
26Jesus looked at them and said, “
With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
27Peter answered him, “We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?”
Well, Jesus Himself says if you keep all the commandments you will go to heaven?
true or false?
So the work of Christ upon the cross was to open the door of heaven for the 99.9%
of us who can't keep the commandments?