doppelgänger;2405570 said:
Who are you saving then, if they are destined to be saved? It sounds like the only "saving" going on is for you (or more likely, "God").
Well in a sense, it is for God. His plan can't be frustrated in the sense, that all predestined will become saved.
You have to understand, when you become a child of God, the evidence of that is you want to be as obedient to the word of God as possible. Part of that obedience is warning people. I don't warn, cause I think I have some power. I do it because I know it is how the last remaining people that need to hear the message will hear it.
Do you think it's healthy to have a need to imagine your immortality? What do such thoughts do for your ability to find peace, joy, moderation, compassion and bliss today?
Well again, if you are a child of God, one of the things that happens, is you are given a new spirit literally, you are reborn. Once that happens, every time you are aware of a sin in your life you want nothing to do with it anymore.
The joy and peace and compassion comes from walking with Jesus, being ridiculed and so forth as we are told would happen. Because just as Jesus did his service, and died, he rose and went on.
So sure, there are things I love here, my sons, my wife, the beach etc... Though once you are saved you realize those things are simply aspects of God's love, and if we really enjoy those things, then we will really enjoy being with God for eternity.