tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post8340462424600037826..comments2023-11-05T01:28:27.551-07:00Comments on Theology of Andrew: more of my endless musings on justification...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post-22582414785733702182009-09-23T18:46:46.540-07:002009-09-23T18:46:46.540-07:00Hi. I just discovered your blog, and love all the ...Hi. I just discovered your blog, and love all the great questions. I would say that it's the desire for salvation in us that we surrender to. So, yes, it's an act of will, but it's the willing embrace of what God has accomplished. <br /><br />You may find the article below helpful. God knows that I have!<br />http://www.traces-cl.com/oct05/eucharist.htmlFredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262662173303042998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post-58001976792834558242009-09-20T10:49:21.807-07:002009-09-20T10:49:21.807-07:00Exactly, Andrew. That's a good way to be.
Co...Exactly, Andrew. That's a good way to be.<br /><br />Consider those who desire baptism and die a day or a week or a month before receiving it--of course we believe our Lord has mercy on them!<br /><br />Consider the toughest case: Suicide. It's a grave sin, obviously, for one kills himself, and the fact that someone did it usually means it was done deliberately, yet, our Church does NOT say "everyone who commits suicide is in Hell." Absolutely not. In fact, in every suicide there are factors involved including great duress, fear, guilt, remorse, anxiety, depression, even a despair of ever escaping from chronic pain, etc. All of these can mitigate someone's culpability in ways only our Lord can know. Sadly, do some who commit suicide go to Hell: I would say probably. Do many instead go to purgatory and then to Heaven: I believe so.<br /><br />Christ bless you! There are gray areas in regard to the things you mentioned. Sometimes they are not as cut and dried because they depend upon the particular person/place/time and cannot be stated in dogmatic terms.Devin Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13706894435441471620noreply@blogger.com