Catholics Earn Their Salvation

About this sermon

Just as we must eat, seek safety, and care for our health to ensure our mortal life without thinking we are the cause of our own existence - Christians must also cooperate with the grace God gives for salvation to ensure our eternal life without thinking we saved ourselves. Support the channel by visiting: https://brianholdsworth.ca/help Timestamps 0:00 – Catholics believe in a “works-based gospel” 1:15 – What Protestants usually mean by this critique 2:28 – The Pelagian heresy 3:05 – Catechism quotes about grace and justification 5:07 – Why Catholics still emphasize obedience and sacraments 5:33 – The deeper question: why we exist at all 6:03 – Contingency and the classical argument for God 7:27 – The moving train analogy and necessary being 9:17 – Why sustaining life requires cooperation 10:36 – Why cooperating with grace isn’t “earning salvation” 11:00 – St. Paul: “filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions” 11:28 – The helicopter rescue analogy for salvation 12:26 – Mortal sin as rejecting the rescue 13:34 – What faith really means: obedience to Christ 15:09 – Faith as cooperation with the grace of God Music written and generously provided by Paul Jernberg. Find out more about his work as a composer here: http://pauljernberg.com Podcast Version: https://brianholdsworth.libsyn.com/

Topics

• Salvation