But if we are the "exclusive gate keepers" to our own salvation, then how different is this from our RC FRiends who say men and magisteriums are the gate keepers?
This is the very reason the Reformation was waged. Not men, God. God is the gate keeper, and all whom the Father has given to the Son will be brought safely home.
WE AND WE ALONE ARE THE EXCLUSIVE GATE KEEPERS BACK TO GOD.
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I thought it was obvious that was communication by satire, Dr E.
The "WE" in the above was the Romanist hierarchy, dogma, traditions, phariseeism etc.
I of course was mostly commenting on the fact that no one Church has the authority of salvation alone, as our friends in the RC Church contend. I agree that the authority lies with God alone.