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To: annalex
Matthew is not about a church, it is about the individual and his ability to do all thing regarding his own salvation. This is its literal meaning. Any interpretation impressed on it is for the purpose of an outside human agency grasping power over the human soul.

The decision of an individual is binding in Heaven. Organizations have no souls, and are unneedful of salvation.

As I said, individuals at their own pleasure tend to congregate in groups. It is not the group that is important, but the individual. Your's is the corporate viewpoint. The gospels are not for corporations.

The scriptures yield a very good description of the interdependency on each individual on each other in the body of Christ. Pushing an all powerful church that has sovereignty over the individuals is, again, a corporate viewpoint.

Jesus did not speak to corporations, He spoke to individuals.

Yes, He did build His church. It is the body of believers all over the world, however not under the wing of any spiritual despot. That is scriptural. The interpretation you impress on it is not consistent with the sovereignty of an individual over his own salvation preached by Jesus.

I don't recall discussing your personality. I was just puzzled how you can be unmindful of all the instances where Jesus clearly told the individual how to gain the Kingdom, where it was, and what to do, doable >only by the individual, to gain salvation. None of which required a church, except for the pleasure of those who like group worship.

There must be some cognitive dissonance there. But, then, the Catholic church has a lot of wealth and power to loose should their con job come to light.

841 posted on 11/14/2006 12:26:37 PM PST by William Terrell (Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
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To: William Terrell

Your post does not address the scriptures I posted. Now who's got cognitive dissonance?


842 posted on 11/14/2006 1:23:40 PM PST by annalex
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