Just a quick question...

God allows even hate-filled Christians (aka Repentant Forgiven Sinners) into Heaven, but every single Kind Atheist will receive the Eternal Torments of Hell Forever!

So you tell me does God prefer any God-hating, Christ-rejecting idol worshipers (Atheists worship themselves and their limited intellects over God and His Word) over even the worst Sinner Saved by the Gracious Acts of Christ?

NOPE.

False-teacher Tom Tate should convert from Unbelief (Socialist Methodist Liberalism) to Christianity.

Feel free to call False-teacher Tom Tate and preach the Gospel to him hopefully its not to late to save his soul and the poor ignorant goats he rounds up at his (not Christ's) church every week. The phone # is 503-281-1229. Tom, we pray for your conversion. 

Just thought of this one too...

    What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it depends not on human will or exertion (those trying to Works their way into Heaven), but on God, who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills. (Romans 9:14-18 ESV)

Those who Try (they never succeed) to earn there way into Salvation look up to Christ on the Cross and say, "Move over. I want a part in the Work of Salvation as well." There is no greater blasphemy against our Great Savior than trying to Steal His Glory and Worship by their lack of faith in Christ's work completed for their Salvation and their faith instead in their own obedience.

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Hebrews 5:9 And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation,


JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF SALVATION TO THOSE WHO OBEY HIS TERMS FOR PARDON.


MEN DO NOT BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD BY NO FAITH AT ALL NOR DO THEY BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD BY "FAITH ONLY."

Just my personal opinion but anyone who says that Salvation is not by Faith Alone (Sola Fide -Reformation Term) is a Heretic and does not know either Christ nor Justification. The Hebrew passage mentioned refers to Christ's teaching on Salvation -     Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him (Christ) whom he (God) has sent.” (John 6:28-29 ESV) 

    But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, he made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
(Ephesians 2:4-9 ESV) 

    But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:4-7 ESV) 

    For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness. (Romans 4:2-5 ESV) 

Its EASY to take 1 or 2 words out of context and make your own false-gospel its not so easy to reject all of the NT and even Christ's way of Salvation and still call yourself a "Christian". 

For anyone interested in more info I would recommend studying the Biblical distinction between Law (this you must do) which will only lead you to Hell since you are not capable of living up to it {Matthew 5:48} and Gospel (all this God has done for you in Christ). Repent Sinner and Believe the Good News - Christ said It is finished on the Cross because it was finished not because you needed to earn or Works you way into His Salvation.

America's affinity for a build-it-yourself-Jesus-idol as seen by this prayer from Ricky Bobby

Ricky: "Dear Lord Baby Jesus, or as our brothers in the South call you: 'Jee-suz'. We thank you so much for this bountiful harvest of Dominos, KFC, and the always delicious Taco Bell. I just want to take time to say thank you for my family: my two beautiful, beautiful, handsome striking sons, Walker: Texas Ranger, or TR as we call him. And, of course, my red hot smokin' wife Carley, who is a stone cold fox, who if you would rate her *** on 100, it would easily be a 94. I also want to thank you for my best friend and teammate, Cal Naughton Jr, who's got my back no matter what...Dear Lord Baby Jesus, we also thank you for my wife's father Chip. We hope that you can use your Baby Jesus powers to heal him and his horrible leg. It smells terrible and the dogs are always botherin' with it. Dear Tiny Infant Jesus..."

Carley (Leslie Bibb) interjected and argued with him about which Jesus to pray to: "Hey, um... you know, sweetie, Jesus did grow up. You don't always have to call him baby. It's a bit odd and off puttin' to pray to a baby."

Ricky: "Well, look, I like the Christmas Jesus best when I'm sayin' grace. When you say grace, you can say it to Grown-up Jesus, or Teenage Jesus, or Bearded Jesus, or whoever you want."

Carley: "You know what I want? I want you to do this grace good so that God will let us win tomorrow."

Ricky: "Dear Tiny Jesus, in your golden fleece diapers with your tiny, little fat balled up fists...Look, I like the baby version the best, do you hear me? I win the races and I get the money."

Carley: "Finish the damn grace!"

Ricky: "Dear Eight Pound, Six Ounce, Newborn Baby Jesus, don't even know a word yet, just a little infant, so cuddly, but still omnipotent. We just thank you for all the races I've won and the $21.2 million dollars... LOVE THAT MONEY, that I have accrued over this past season. Also due to a binding endorsement contract that stipulates I mention PowerAde at each grace, I just wanna say that Powerade is delicious and it cools you off on a hot summer day and we look forward to PowerAde's release of mystic mountain blueberry. Thank you, for all your power and your grace, Dear Baby God, Amen." During the latter part of the prayer, Cal inserted his own views on which type of Jesus he preferred: "I like to picture Jesus in a Tuxedo T-shirt, 'cause it says, like, 'I want to be formal, but I'm here to party, too.' I like to party, so I like my Jesus to party.... I like to think of Jesus with like giant eagles' wings and singin' lead vocals for Lynyrd Skynyrd with like an Angel Band, and I'm in the front row, and I'm hammered drunk..."

Final Smalcald Article Part 3, Article 15

Part III, Article XV. Of Human Traditions.

1] The declaration of the Papists that human traditions serve for the remission of sins, or merit salvation, is [altogether] unchristian and condemned, as Christ says Matt. 15:9: In vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 2] Again, Titus 1:14: That turn from the truth. Again, when they declare that it is a mortal sin if one breaks these ordinances [does not keep these statutes], this, too, is not right.
3] These are the articles on which I must stand, and, God willing, shall stand even to my death; and I do not know how to change or to yield anything in them. If any one wishes to yield anything, let him do it at the peril of his conscience.
4] Lastly, there still remains the Pope's bag of impostures concerning foolish and childish articles, as, the dedication of churches, the baptism of bells, the baptism of the altarstone, and the inviting of sponsors to these rites, who would make donations towards them. Such baptizing is a reproach and mockery of Holy Baptism, hence should not be tolerated. 5] Furthermore, concerning the consecration of wax-tapers, palm-branches, cakes, oats, [herbs,] spices, etc., which indeed, cannot be called consecrations, but are sheer mockery and fraud. And such deceptions there are without number, which we commend for adoration to their god and to themselves, until they weary of it. We will [ought to] have nothing to do with them.

Smalcald Articles Part 3, Article 14

Part III, Article XIV. Of Monastic Vows.

1] As monastic vows directly conflict with the first chief article, they must be absolutely abolished. For it is of them that Christ says, Matt. 24:5,23ff : I am Christ, etc. 2] For he who makes a vow to live as a monk believes that he will enter upon a mode of life holier than ordinary Christians lead, and wishes to earn heaven by his own works not only for himself, but also for others; this is to deny Christ. 3] And they boast from their St. Thomas that a monastic vow is equal to Baptism. This is blasphemy [against God].
 

Smalcald Article Part 3, Article 13

Part III, Article XIII. How One is Justified before God, and of Good Works.

1] What I have hitherto and constantly taught concerning this I know not how to change in the least, namely, that by faith, as St. Peter says, we acquire a new and clean heart, and God will and does account us entirely righteous and holy for the sake of Christ, our Mediator. And although sin in the flesh has not yet been altogether removed or become dead, yet He will not punish or remember it.
2] And such faith, renewal, and forgiveness of sins is followed by good works. And what there is still sinful or imperfect also in them shall not be accounted as sin or defect, even [and that, too] for Christ's sake; but the entire man, both as to his person and his works, is to be called and to be righteous and holy from pure grace and mercy, shed upon us [unfolded] and spread over us in Christ. 3] Therefore we cannot boast of many merits and works, if they are viewed apart from grace and mercy, but as it is written, 1 Cor. 1:31: He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord, namely, that he has a gracious God. For thus all is well. 4] We say, besides, that if good works do not follow, faith is false and not true.