Reflection on Who Can Be Saved?

Is there anything more offensive to God's dominion and economy of salvation than to assert that the pleasant shall inherit the kingdom? It is absolutely impossible for the atheist to enter eternal glory no matter the value of his natural works in the sight if men. In an attempt to exalt the mercy of the Lord they besmirch His decrees and oppose His grace. Salvation for them can only consist of the intensification of natural pleasure and not the face of God as He is in Himself.