I was going to quote you, but it put me over the limit … so … in a reply …
John 3:14-16 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Did God use types and symbols in the Old Testament to prefigure or represent Christ?
Was something like the serpent in the wilderness violate the commandment to not worship idols?
Did the Temple, Ark of the Covenant and all the items of the Temple distract from the worship of God alone or is it only the Statues and relics that aren’t sacred?
Ephesians 5:21-24 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
How can we fulfill this scripture if submitting to a human being is impossible or not a responsibility?
Can a wife be unsubmissive because her husband is a mere human being?
Romans 10:13-18 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
If there is no one to preach the gospel, how can faith come?
How do you know what is the word of God from which faith comes if not by the testimony of some human being?
Second Peter 1:19-21 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Are you the only infallible determinator of what is the meaning of scripture? Or did God give you a Bible with no way to be certain that you properly understand it?
1 John 4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
If you reject the papacy on the grounds you stated, are you showing the fruit of having a spirit of error?
Matthew 23:1-3 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
If Jesus commanded that his disciples be obedient to the religious leaders of His day -who crucified Him - How can you justify disobedience to men whom hold the office of Bishop in the Church, especially the Pope?
Where does the Church ask you to accept every “mystic”?
The reported apparitions at Fátima were officially declared “worthy of belief” by the Catholic Church. By there are many more that are not.
But Medjugorje is Not Approved by the Church.
It is the duty of the local bishop of the diocese in which supposed supernatural events take place to study and confirm or deny the legitimacy of the claims being made.
In 1986, the Bishop of Medjugorje issued a statement in 1986 proclaiming that these apparitions are not made by the most Holy Virgin Mary and he forbade the pilgrimages set up from the beginning without ecclesiastical approval by the pastor of Mostar.
Galatians 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
2 Thessalonians 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
2 Thessalonians 3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
Are you confusing the traditions of men that Jesus spoke agaist with the Tradition, oral and Biblically written Epistles, That are commanded in the name of Jesus Christ?
Mark 7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
Is the washing of pots and cups, basically doing dishes, a commandment of moral equality with attending Mass?
Mark 7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
Did the Pharisees challenge Jesus with a Biblical issue or a matter of taking a daily bath?
Mark 7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
A tradition that is not moral, like an Easter Bunny or Thanksgiving, is not on par with the Bible … But, arent there Sacred Traditions, like how a Mass is said that is also important and not Chapter and verse directed?
