I went back through your recent posts and I would say that about 25% of your posts that post Scripture are from the Gospels. However, I also noticed that you seem to prefer commentaries on the Bible nearly as much as you do the Bible itself.
There is one Christian church of Jesus Christ on earth, and that church grows daily as He gathers His sheep to Him by the word and will of God.
Yes, there is ONE Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church and I am quite certain that many on the FR Religion Forum who claim to be Christians are totally deluded. Among these lost souls I would include those with a proclivty for doing things like fabricating falsehoods.
As as for Luke 1:48, reread (or read for the first time) the above verses by Christ from Matthew. Indeed, Mary was blessed by God to carry the Christ child to term. Anything more added to the simple words of Scripture is idolatry.
So, you don't count yourself among all generations?
And I post commentaries from fellow saints because I've learned a lot from them since they are all solidly based on Scripture.
Hope you get around to reading them sometime. Others have and have told me they have profited by them.
There is indeed one holy catholic and apostolic church, as the Apostles Creed and later the Westminster Confession of Faith remind us. But some churches have strayed so far from the word of God as to become "synagogues of Satan" in their manifold idolatry and worship of the creature over the worship of the Triune God alone.
And yes, I am part of the generations who call Mary "blessed." Just like I am blessed and you are blessed and all Christians who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord, God and Savior are blessed by God to know the truth of their salvation.
Mary knew it, too. Sinner that she was, she was saved exactly the same way you and I have been saved -- by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
Could you show me apostolic succession from the mouth of Jesus? Where did He give the authorization for Peter to pass on what Christ had given to the new church? Where did He tell Peter the keys were transferable?
There is no apostolic succession taught in scripture, Wag.. it is a man made tradition thats all ..
So the "apostolic church "stands on sandy solid not on the rock , which is Christ
Among these lost souls I would include those with a proclivty for doing things like fabricating falsehoods.
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WOW,
That would flush a LOT of Rabid Clique sorts of Roman Catholics et al.