[mike182d]

Well, this thief could have shouted down to Mary and asked her to mention his thought to Jesus, instead he just asked Jesus. Is Jesus farther away from us than He was from the dying thief? We can talk to Him.

Hey, like I said, if you have a problem with it, take it with the first several hundred years of Christians, not me. I'm not making this stuff up, but following in line with those closest to Christ and the successors of the Apostles.

[theFIRMbss]

>Hey, like I said, if you have a problem with it, take it with the first several hundred years of Christians, not me. I'm not making this stuff up, but following in line . . .

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Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say I am?"

They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life."

"But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?"

Peter answered, "The Christ of God."

Luke 9:18-21
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The masses always
get the important stuff wrong.
That's why God has sent

the Holy Spirit
to us. Don't "follow in line."
Pray to the Spirit.

Where would Peter be
if he had "followed in line"
either with the crowds

or with "established"
religion of his era?
God said to Peter:

  "Who do you say I am?"