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Dear Jerry,
You stated:
In Matthew 11:11, when Jesus says:
| 11 In truth
I tell you, of all the children born to
women, there has never been anyone greater
than John the Baptist; yet the least in
the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. |
My interpretation of this passage is that
anyone who makes it to Heaven will not be
capable of sin. John, who is still on earth,
is capable of sin.
- What do you think of my interpretation
of this passage?
Well, that is certainly one possible
way of looking at it.
I would add this. St. Paul wrote:
6 He
who began a good work in you will
be faithful to complete it.
Philippians 1:6 |
The Book of Hebrews Chapter 12, describes
the worship in Heaven. There, we
read that the blessed are the "spirit
of just men made perfect". (Hebrews 12:22-23), thus, I would say that those
already in the Kingdom have been
perfected.
The blessed in Heaven are, as you
point out, incapable of sin, but
moreover they are now a finished
work. Not only can they no longer
sin, but they are all they were intended
to be. They fully partake in the
divine nature by grace. Certainly,
even the least man in that condition,
is greater than the best man who
is living on earth, striving for
perfection.
I don't know that the Church has
dogmatically ruled on the meaning
of this particular passage.
If it hasn't, you are welcome to
propose this theological opinion.
Certainly, your understanding, which
is similar to mine, does not go against
anything the Church teaches.
My two cents,
John DiMascio
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