Be encouraged that it doesn’t depend on you to lead people to Christ. You are just a sower using the only Seed that can bring forth fruit, the Word of God. That is the only weapon at your disposal and God is the only one who can make it go deep into the heart of man and cause man to be born again.

It doesn’t matter how many times you share the Gospel, you still need encouragement from time to time.

After over an hour-long conversation with a young Roman Catholic named Jimmy, we ended the conversation with a hug. It was obvious, though, as he walked away that spiritually we were speaking different languages.

We talked about whether Jesus was the only way. He said yes, but kept saying that Jesus’ death made it possible for people who might never even hear about Him to be saved. In other words, that if they lived good lives and followed their conscience that Christ could save them.

He kept saying that it is only by the grace of Christ that he will be able to not die shortly after committing a mortal sin, but then, when asked why Jesus didn’t help those who have died while committing a mortal sin, he said that it was probably their parents’ fault for teaching them poorly and, therefore, God would show them leniency.

It was very clear that though Jimmy had been catechized and that he had asked his priest many questions, in the end, he was pretty much a universalist like Pope Francis.

He explained that there were three ways to be saved. One way was through baptism, the other through doing your best with whatever information you have (which includes those who’ve never heard of Christ all the way down to evil people who just weren’t raised well and therefore are probably excused), and the other was through being killed or dying as a martyr (this was referring to people who die through any war and especially children who are innocent).

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