This can be taken to mean that there is no such thing as a deal breaker. If you are a [[Paul]]ian Christian and accept the [[Epistle to the Romans]] as canonical, then the one true standard for receiving eternal salvation can be viewed as solely the result of the personal relationship with Jesus, something that cannot be measured from the outside by other people. The counterargument is that Christ said that we will know every tree by its fruit (Matthew 7:15-20,<ref>[[Matthew 1-9 (Translated)#Chapter 7|Matthew ch. 7, Conservative Bible]]</ref> Luke 6:43-45<ref>[[Luke 1-8 (Translated)#Chapter 6|Luke ch. 6, Conservative Bible]]</ref>) and that only those who do the will of the Father in Heaven will be saved (Matthew 7:21-23). | This can be taken to mean that there is no such thing as a deal breaker. If you are a [[Paul]]ian Christian and accept the [[Epistle to the Romans]] as canonical, then the one true standard for receiving eternal salvation can be viewed as solely the result of the personal relationship with Jesus, something that cannot be measured from the outside by other people. The counterargument is that Christ said that we will know every tree by its fruit (Matthew 7:15-20,<ref>[[Matthew 1-9 (Translated)#Chapter 7|Matthew ch. 7, Conservative Bible]]</ref> Luke 6:43-45<ref>[[Luke 1-8 (Translated)#Chapter 6|Luke ch. 6, Conservative Bible]]</ref>) and that only those who do the will of the Father in Heaven will be saved (Matthew 7:21-23). |