What if Satan reformed?

So the goal isn't about being good at all? It's about being an obedient slave?

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"You may be a preacher with your spiritual pride...."

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The thing is, it's hard to tell whom you're serving. That's why, "By their works ye shall know them."

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Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

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What nastiness? You're the one who claims to "know" whom I'M serving.But since you ask:

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Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

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I don't see a lot of those in you.

Nonsense. He was reluctant to die on the cross:

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Matthew 26:39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

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And when He was ON the cross:

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Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

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He was pretty human. More nonsense. Those of you who claim to have surrendered are constantly arguing AGAINST good works. But He does stand ready -according to you - to send you to Hell, even if you DO do your best, if you don't PROFESS your surrender. Satan always used his gifts for the Father's glory. The Fall of Satan, like the Fall of Man, is a story with a message that fundamentalists choose to ignore.

That's exactly the problem. You've constructed a belief system in which you can do no wrong. Well, of course not. Anybody can be meek toward God. Billions of members of "wrong" religions are meek toward God.Where meekness is an actual virtue is where it's difficult:

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2 Timothy 2:24-26 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

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At least two others were crucified alongside Jesus. What they faced was greater than what He faced because they had no promise of resurrection. You make Jesus sound like a child who can't stand to be away from mommy for an hour. That's exactly the problem. You treat good works as a natural result of your magical salvation, so you don't have to put any effort into it. I don't even believe in salvation; I treat good works as the right thing to do, for EVERYBODY. Sorry, YOUR nonsense won't fly for anybody but the get-out-of-hell-free crowd. God dug the tiger trap; He's responsible for anybody falling into it. It isn't my theology; it's the Bible's theology, as opposed to your commentators' theology.

I remember that fiction. I didn't say it takes no effort. I said that many professing Christians put no effort into it.You, however, do seem to think that good works are automatic if you are "saved". Of course we know that isn't true. Christians have no monopoly on good works. Followers of other religions and even atheists do good works as frequently or more frequently. So you're re-defining good works. According to you, good works are not just works that are good; they're something that you do "in the power of God". Does it matter whether they're good or not?I'm not sure whether that's moving the goalposts or "No True Good Works". I choose not to go to Hell, so I must not be going.

That should be your signature.