[af_vet_1981]

I follow Christ and Christ alone.

Every separatist sect and cult makes the same claim. Many claim a personal knowledge that takes them in separate directions. It seems to me they struggle with the words of the Messiah in the Gospel accounts as well as of the Apostles.

[ealgeone]

Actually one of the Greek words John and the other NT writers uses does mean a close personal knowledge....first hand experience.

I know the concept of a personal Savior is a foreign concept to the Catholic who can only approach Christ through the priest whereas the Christian can approach Christ directly.