I'd assert the argument that one didn't do it right is refuted in Romans 9 KJV;
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
No asterisk or anything on this verse, so God uses His capricious nature to dole out the perks regardless of ones piety or fealty.
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
No asterisk or anything on this verse, so God uses His capricious nature to dole out the perks regardless of ones piety or fealty.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
