Where does the Bible instruct making images of deceased saints, bowing to them, making offerings to these images, or praying toward them?
Not what the thread is about. Get a life.
When your salvation is based on a points system, how can you ever know when you have enough? You can never be assured of your salvation, and God speaks (through the Bible) multiple times that you CAN be assured.
Nice attempt at redirection but your post was about "plain teachings of the Bible" that "can be understood by its direct reading", not about teachings or practices beyond the Bible.
EUCHARIST:
Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”CONFIRMATION:
(John 6:53-58)While they were eating, Jesus took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and giving it to his disciples said, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you, l for this is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed on behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins.
(Matthew 26:26-28)
Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, who went down and prayed for them, that they might receive the holy Spirit, for it had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them and they received the holy Spirit.CONFESSION:
(Acts 8:14-17)Paul then said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.” When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul laid [his] hands on them, the holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
(Acts 19:4-6)
[Jesus] said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,m “Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”ANOINTING OF THE SICK:
(John 20:21-23)
Is anyone among you sick* He should summon the presbyters of the church, and they should pray over him and anoint [him] with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.HOLY ORDERS:
(James 5:14-15)
This saying is trustworthy:* whoever aspires to the office of bishop desires a noble task. Therefore, a bishop must be irreproachable, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, decent, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not aggressive, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money. Similarly, deacons must be dignified, not deceitful, not addicted to drink, not greedy for sordid gain, holding fast to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.You can use what ever mental gymnastics you want to deny the clear meaning of these passages but the truth of Catholic teachings in them is evident. It is only by bring a preconceived Protestant bias to them that these truths be denied.
(1 Timothy 3:1-3, 8-9)Do not neglect the gift you have, which was conferred on you through the prophetic word with the imposition of hands of the presbyterate.
(1 Timothy 4:14)