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Transcript of the initial presentation of our video, \u201cUn-Protestant Biblical Proof: No Obedience, No Heaven! [Matthew 25]\u201d<\/a> (11-23-25).<\/p>\n

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Matthew 25:32-36, 40, 46 <\/strong>(RSV) Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, [33] and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. [34] Then the King will say to those at his right hand, `Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you<\/span> from the foundation of the world; [35]\u00a0 for<\/span> I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, [36] I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.\u2019 . . . [40] . . . `Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.\u2019 . . . [46] And they will go away . . . into eternal life.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Back in May 2003, Matt Slick, a Presbyterian who still runs the Protestant and anti-Catholic forum, CARM (C, A, R, M) actually put up a thread called \u201cTo Armstrong\u201d and asked in it: \u201cIf you were to die tonight and face judgment and God were to ask you why He should let you into heaven, what would you tell Him? Just curious.\u201d Evangelical Protestants often<\/em> ask this question. It\u2019s almost like talking points.<\/p>\n

But the odd and ironic thing is that I can\u2019t find anywhere in the Bible where God ever speaks<\/em> like this. Later in the thread, Matt wrote about me, \u201cI do not know if he is a Christian or not and if he told me he had to do good works in order to be justified before God, I\u2019d say he was NOT a Christian.\u201d<\/p>\n

But all Jesus does<\/em> in Matthew 25, which is about judgment day and going to heaven or hell, is talk about works.<\/em> Doesn\u2019t He\u00a0know<\/em>\u00a0that works have no\u00a0connection<\/em>\u00a0to salvation whatsoever, as Protestants like Slick constantly tell us? What in the world do all these \u201cworks\u201d have to do with salvation? Why doesn\u2019t Jesus talk about faith alone <\/em>and why does He never even mention faith at all<\/em>?!<\/p>\n

As a result of this encounter, I started to look up passages in Scripture having to do with judgment day. I found fifty. Of these,\u00a0not a single one<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>stated that\u00a0faith alone<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0was the sole\u00a0reason<\/em>\u00a0we were saved. None even mentioned <\/em>faith, excepting one: Revelation 21:8. It included<\/em> faith (but not faith alone) along with works.<\/p>\n

In the Bible \u2013 according to the above passage and these other 49 \u2014\u00a0 the exact\u00a0opposite\u00a0<\/em>of what Protestants and Matt Slick assert is true: if God actually asked me the canned \u201cProtestant\u201d question, and I replied by recounting repeated acts of charity and mercy and various other \u201cgood deeds\u201d that I had done, then I would be imitating what\u00a0Jesus Himself\u00a0<\/em>did when\u00a0He<\/em> described how a person can enter heaven, yet strangely enough, I would be rebuked by Protestants for doing so.<\/p>\n

The biblical<\/em> answer to his question, as I discovered, could include any one or all of the following 50 responses: direct quotes or very close paraphrases from the Bible (the verse numbers are in the corresponding article below):<\/p>\n

God should let me into heaven because I am characterized<\/em> by righteousness, integrity, uprightness of heart, good conduct, good ways and good fruits, good deeds, having done the will of God, endured to the end, hearing Jesus\u2019 words and doing them, feeding the hungry, providing drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, welcoming strangers, visiting the sick and prisoners, inviting the poor and maimed and lame and blind to my feast, good works, obeying the truth, being a good laborer and fellow worker with God, unblamable holiness, being wholly sanctified, a sound and blameless spirit and soul and body, being without spot or blemish, knowing God, obeying the gospel, sharing Christ\u2019s sufferings, and repentance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Conversely, I\u2019m not<\/em>:<\/p>\n

wicked, committing abominations, angry with or insulting my brother, calling someone a fool, weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness, and the cares of this life, ungodly, suppressing the truth, doing evil, a coward,\u00a0faithless,\u00a0polluted, a\u00a0murderer, fornicator, sorcerer, idolater, or\u00a0a liar.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This<\/em><\/strong> is how God and Bible-writers say we get to heaven. I like to actually cite<\/em> the Bible on the exact topic at hand when I claim to be representing what it teaches. I\u2019m weird that way.<\/p>\n

Related Book<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Catholic Verses: 95 Bible Passages That Confound Protestants\u00a0<\/em><\/a>(Aug. 2004, 235 pages; ch. 6)<\/p>\n

Related Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf You Died Tonight\u201d: Debate w Matt Slick of CARM<\/a>\u00a0[5-22-03]<\/span><\/p>\n

Final Judgment &\u00a0Works<\/em>\u00a0(Not Faith): 50 Passages<\/a>\u00a0[2-10-08]\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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