None of you 'scholars' seem to know how to read for understanding; how to get around your pet doctrines you cling to 'til your fingertips bleed.
I sortta think I have hit a nerve you all don't know how to deal with, i.e., you claim Jesus for salvation but you want to carry on your life, as it is - you love it, and have found sufficient agreement in your pet, man reasoned, doctrines that sustain you. You go to church for an hour [maybe] to get your guilt slaked and it never crosses your mind that God wants to see value "from" you, for the price He paid. The parable of the talents comes easily to mind as well as this passage:
"For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned." Hebrews 6:7-8 (KJV)
So where do you all stand that gnashing of teeth won't bring you comfort?