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I don't think you get it, narses. Let me tell you what we DON'T have. We don't have priests, confession, mass, prayers for the dead, works as part of our salvation, or doctrines of men, tradition, or a Pope, a sovereign state, an army, ambassadors, nuns, Eucharist, Saints to pray to, Mary to intercede for us, keys to any kingdom, holy water, or our sights on Jerusalem, gold icons, bones of the dead, relics, tears of saints, visions of anything, or miracles of healed lepers or vexed spirits being exorcised from the unfortunate.

We have Bibles, pastor-teachers, study in the Word, and prayers. It's not a church that will ever be powerful or wealthy, in man's world. How powerful or wealthy can it become when it teaches that salvation is a free gift from God, the finished work of Christ is complete, and your salvation is secure? There is no one to scare with nonsense about salvation processes and journeys in the church I attend. There is no money to pay for purgatory victims, since it doesn't exist. There are no golden monuments to men to be built, as WE are the temple of God, there are no arguments resulting in endless meetings about what we believe, since we simply believe the Word of God as our final authority. We don't need men telling us what God has said, as we are taught to read the Bible ourselves knowing that the Holy Spirit is guiding us in His Truth. We don't need incense burning, candles lit, or mystical experiences to understand the riches of God's Grace toward us who believe. We don't feel the need to pay to pray as we understand God's meaning of My Grace is sufficient for thee. We will never be wealthy or powerful on this earth. But our conversation is in the heavenlies, where our riches are stored and where our Saviour sits at the right hand of God until such time as He returns in the air to bring the Church the Body of Christ to Himself. Until that time, we stand ready in season, and out, to spread the Good News of the Grace of God.