He then asked if I was willing to shoot someone over my xbox.
I told him, "The xbox was besides the point. We are talking about a person intruding into my house at night with my family present. Hell yes, I'd shoot him. It's the principle of the thing. I'd shoot a hole in my xbox without blinking to do it."
You can’t earn your way out of hell.
Jesus tried to tell you who the father of the Pharisees and sadducees was, he called you “whitewashed tombs”.
You do not have enough earning power to pay for your rebellion against God. No one can.
Our works are meaningless.
Isaiah understood, but you cannot.
Jesus suffered and died for you, and you dismiss that as “said some nice things”.
“Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God." - John 8:47
You got your book, I got mine.
Reduce it down to something your conscience is comfortable with. That’s the way.