[knarf]

Hmmm ... Jesus says if you see Him you've seen the father, and if He didn't go away, The Comfortor (Holy Spirit) could not come, so the key to salvation is Jesus and His work, done once on Calvary, for ALL (whomsoever .. and they were/are not yet members of a church ... ) and the knowledge and remembrance is the the work the Holy Spirit does .. for all whom believe and nowhere is there a designated priesthood.

Peter stood up and spoke, but he did that ALL the time.

He'd'a been a FreepeR fershur!

I am no Protestant ... I'm a Christian, not because of any church nor baptism, nor rite nor ritual, but because one day in 1981 the Holy Spirit revealed to me my sin condition and the penalty for it unattended .. and the remedy If I So Desired.

My favorite guy is the "repentent thief" who never joined a church nor got baptized ... just confessed Jesus as Lord and believed He had a Kingdom to go to and COULD take him there.

Jesus says, "Yup .. C'mon"

(That's the original Arimaic)

And He still says that today to all whom call upon Him.

[thecodont]

Thanks for your post. Thank God for the gift of His Son.

[heyheyhey]

My favorite guy is the "repentent thief" who never joined a church nor got baptized ... just confessed Jesus as Lord

Ever wondered why Jesus bothered to establish his Church, and told his disciples to baptize?