[wmfights]

Therefore, there is no need to go directly to Christ in prayer and ask for forgiveness and salvation. That is what the Church is for.

I pray this is not the case. As heated as we may be at times, the thought that any would not be saved is frightening. Reliance on a body of men for your eternal salvation makes no sense when our SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST came and took care of it.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

[MarkBsnr]

“As heated as we may be at times, the thought that any would not be saved is frightening”

Are you not of the Reformed persuasion?

[Forest Keeper]

I pray this is not the case. As heated as we may be at times, the thought that any would not be saved is frightening. Reliance on a body of men for your eternal salvation makes no sense when our SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST came and took care of it.

I hear you, and I pray the same. But for them God is a helper and man does the saving, both through individual free will and the rituals of the Church. Men like to think they have the power and are in full control. If Christ actually had all the power, and accomplished His mission in full, then it would necessarily mean less power for men. This, sadly, is untenable for them.