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If I'm already saved, do I still have to face judgment?

So often we hear in our modern day this terminology of being saved, as if somebody is saved, as if this is a one-time event and nothing can change that. We have to understand from today's gospel this is simply not the words of Christ. It is not like Christ is saying in today's gospel, oh, by the way, I'm going to die, and then all of the theology is somehow miraculously going to change, and then you're going to hear about a different gospel 1,500 years from now, and then when you hear that gospel all you have to do is believe and then you will be saved and you're good to go. What does Christ say at the very outset of today's gospel? He says, when the Son of Man comes in his glory. So Christ is telling us right off the bat, this is exactly what is going to happen when I come again. And when I come in my glory, and all are in my presence, and all are revealed by my glory, and all are judged by me. The number one problem that we have today in Western Christianity is that everyone is trying to usurp the authority and the judgment of Christ. Christ alone is the judge. He doesn't say, when I come in my glory at the end of all time and you're already saved, it will be so nice to meet you, and I'll congratulate you for your salvation that you already imparted to yourself, because obviously I wasn't aware of that. He says, all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another. Who will? Christ will separate. So those claiming that they have been saved, or that they already are on the path of salvation, begin to usurp what Christ is saying in the gospel he will do. We do not do this. Christ does this.

Edited from his answer on camera. The clip has the full thing.

Matthew 25:31-32

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From “Why Your Comfort In This Life Guarantees Suffering In The Next

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