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You are correct in that “defeated” was a poor choice of words. I strongly reject the legalism that seeks to EARN salvation. I strongly embrace the freedom to live a life free of fear in the SALVATION born of grace. All of the “warnings” in this topic about sin vs salvation (directed at...

You ignored my question. “Do you sin?” The difficulty is not that I am not serious. I am being very serious. The problem we are having is that you are not being honest. It is the fallacy of the false dilemma (aka excluded middle) to imply that one must EITHER be “fornicators, idolaters...

1 Pe 2:9-10 [NASB] 9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR [God's] OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF...

"and their successors". ;)

So why doesn't the POPE and CARDINALS and BISHOPS and PRIESTS exercise their same power and authority and ministry as Jesus Christ and cure all of the sick and heal all of the lame and raise all of the murdered in their congregations? Could it be because you are lying about the power and...

YES ... 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 [NASB] 9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor [the] covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor...

Jesus is "a Priest", huh .... like just one among MANY LORDS and SAVIRS that God raised up with the power to forgive sins? :rolleyes: Let's examine the need for "low priests". Who was Adam's priest that heard his confession and forgave his sins? Who did Noah turn to to hear his confession and...

There must be an echo in here. Asked and answered ... and Matthew 24:13 still says NOTHING about needing a priest to be saved ... no matter how many times you ask the question or deflect with another question. It doesn't even really talk about "salvation" in general since is from the middle of...

I have some bad news for you ... not only can (to be able to), but do. :( 1 John 1:5-10 thru 1 John 2:1-2 [NASB] 5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk...

Please stop ... it is not the authority given by God to His Apostles that anyone here is arguing against. Where do MEN get to claim that THEY have the authority that God gave the Apostles? Where does GOD pass the authority from Apostles to their successors? We have searched scripture and found...

No priests and no Pope and no successors ... There IS "one church". CHRIST is its head (not Peter, and not the Pope) The RCC is "a church" but it is not "THE CHURCH". Here is one to chew on ...Matthew 23:9

Nope ... no mention of Apostles "and their successors". Let's try to focus on the question being asked.

Matthew 24:13 [NKJV] 13 "But he who endures to the end shall be saved. No priest! (and no relevance if we read the context).

A beautiful WALL OF TEXT ... but still nowhere in the Bible that says "the Apostles and their successors". Only the special RCC "papal glasses" allow you to read the secret words that make a man into God on Earth and a sinful bureaucratic hierarchy the exclusive authority to grant salvation to...

Distinction without difference ... noted. Then post Scripture and exegete. You didn't, so I do not believe you. Actions speak louder than words. Unsupported opinions of "salvation by Denomination" ... noted and rejected. Show me ONE VERSE where God grants anything to Peter's successors ...

I had assumed you already WERE a Christian and wanted to discuss Christianity. Are you REALLY claiming to not know Jesus and asking for guidance? If not, then your question is dishonest and you should be ashamed for asking it with malice as an attempt to sow discord. If you know Jesus, then...

I think it is in the Book of Hesitations ... you know, near the verses: "Cleanliness is next to Godliness" "God helps those that help themselves" "Christians don't smoke." (I hear it quoted ALL the time.) ;)

... best guess (since I am not him): The same way anyone else knows Jesus. (opinions to the contrary not withstanding, there is only ONE door and ONE path, so everyone enters the same way.)

No, but you can have a Holocaust without Christian Soldiers willing to fight a "Just War".

:rolleyes: Nyet.