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Yeah except Christ never did this. The Church doesn't have permission to do something that only Christ can do. His death and resurrection paid the price for our sin, only He can forgive sins. Nor do we need to go through anyone else to come to Christ, we can go to Him directly.
Simply meeting weekly doesn't imply communion weekly by any stretch of the imagination.
Implying that communion is the only way to worship God is so ridiculous and ignorant of most of The Bible that it's straight blasphemy.
Yes, which is exactly why we don't need a child diddler to be the medium between us and God.
No, it's not. It's what the Catholic Cult lies about while they ignore the actual teachings of God.
You’re right! Only Christ can forgive sins. That is why He gave Peter the authority to Forgive and retain sins: “The sins you forgive on earth shall be forgiven in heaven, and the sins you retain on earth shall be retained in heaven.”
Did Peter and the apostles get it wrong? Did the bible get it wrong? Did the appstles err when they gave that same authority to approved men by the laying on of hands and appointing of bishops, priests, and deacons? Did the church really get it wrong even from when Christ walked among them all the way up to Luther 1500 years later?
That's not even remotely what that verse means. It's talking about how we should forgive others ass Christ forgives us. That doesn't give us permission or authority to absolve someone's sin - only the blood of Christ can do this.
No. The Catholic Cult did, along with you.
Do you not think that protestant churches have deacons and other appointed members of church leadership?
What could you even possibly be referencing here?
The Bible is very clear that Christ alone is our path to salvation, yet you'd mislead people to think that baptism is required, merited works are required, not to die with mortal sins, that Mary is holy in any capacity, that Mary can receive prayer, purgatory exists and that people can be prayed out of it, and many other completely blasphemous statements.
Christ Himself said we need to be baptized. Unless you are dying and want to but can not be baptized, you are not going to get into heaven without baptism.
You are rejecting the teachings of Christ and the apostles in favor of some horse manure that didn’t even exist as a deception until a millennia and a half after Christ taught the opposite of what you are falsely proclaiming.
Yes, it's a commandment to be baptized as a public declaration of your faith. Believers should be baptized if they are following Christ, but it is in no way a requirement of salvation.
And where do you draw this distinction from? The Bible is incredibly clear on salvation:
Salvation is from faith alone in Christ - that He paid the price of our sin for us, and that we receive His free gift. When you add on ANYTHING else, you are saying that Christ is not enough, that He is not sufficient. That is blatant blasphemy.
John 3:16 - “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.
Ephesians 2:8-9 - For by grace you have been saved through faith; and [a]this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Titus 3:5 - He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we did in righteousness, but in accordance with His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
Acts 16:31 - They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Romans 5:8 - But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
2 Corinthians 5:21 - He made Him who knew no sin to be sin in our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Scripture does not contradict itself, it is God's word.
The physical act of baptism is clearly outlined as the public declaration of one's faith in Christ. The physical act of baptism is not salvation. Christ alone is sufficient. Physical baptism represents the spiritual act of baptism, which is salvation.
The only thing I follow is The Word of God, and not any additional documents such as you do. These documents I follow have explicitly existed since shortly after Jesus's time, and follow His Word and nothing else.
You are projecting your own actions onto me when you follow the cult which is the Catholic "Church."
Think for two seconds about the situation: Do you really think that God would let, "His chosen leader [the pope]" be so blatantly against God himself if this was truly his plan for us to follow? For you to remain in the Catholic Cult requires such a poor understanding of The Bible and God's word that it is truly a mystery how you believe you are competent enough to defend your position.