(July 22, 2013 at 1:17 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: A belief in the Atonement and Resurrection of Christ is still self-serving, for it gets you to Candy Mountain, and all the nay-sayers go to Mordor.
Yes and no, one must die to self to reconcile one's self to God through Christ. One must die to self to be repentant of sin and through faith believe in Christ, so yes we get an eternal reward, but if you die to self do you really do it for yourself or is it for God.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.