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That’s just your opinion. If you get a feeling that you are saved, boom, poof, you are saved.

And you wanted Luther to be part of 'your religion'?

Now you know why I thanked Luther for his obedience to God.

"Feelings" have NOTHING to do with it. The Christian life is all about FAITH. The RCC and Orthodox Catholics know nothing about faith - they say they have it because they are TOLD they have it and they don't question. We all have to learn at some point. The sooner the better - like today.

"For He says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.2 Cor 6:2

This should help.

Romans 7 - READ it First, then...

Romans 8 Life Through the Spirit 1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.

14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[f] And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

That’s just your opinion. If you get a feeling that you are saved, boom, poof, you are saved.

You obviously then haven't had the 'feeling'...But it's far more than a feeling...

Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

You haven't had that confirmation from the Holy Spirit...Yet you mock those of us who have...

Do you think the bible is lying??? Or is that verse far to complicated for a Catholic to understand??? Do you need it interpreted???

A person who has not had that 'feeling' can not understand the scriptures, because the scriptures are spiritually discerned...

And that's a tough one for an unbeliever...One can easily read the simple words of scripture, but they are a tangled mess, aren't they??? You need someone to sort it out for you...

Like the Ethopian Eunuch...Prior to his salvation, he needed a man to explain the scriptures...Lucky for him he got a man of God to explain it...

But remember, God will not be mocked...