I am writing a religious exemption to work, they are challenging those who write it by saying “well your faith or your pastor/priest accept the vaccine” and my true argument to that is that a priest or a place of worship does not define my personal relationship with god. The priest and church do help me when I feel down or forget, but the do not define the way I communicate to the one and only.
I need a Bible verse (or multiple useful ones too) that explains that Me and God is not Me -> Church -> Priest -> God.
I have to tell you that the strongest evidence of all for me was when Jesus Christ was crucified, the temple curtain in the holy place was ripped right in two. Some Bible study notes have said that this was a message from God that the direct lines of communication to God were opened by Jesus's sacrifice on the cross. This showed that Jesus is our priest now. But, the church (Christ's bride) is also important because of the instructions Christ gave to those who follow him, to tell others about the good news of salvation.
https://www.openbible.info/topics/curtain_in_the_temple