[small voice in the wilderness]

"...Christ also loved the Church, and gave Himself for it; That He might SANCTIFY AND CLEANSE IT WITH THE WASHING OF WATER BY THE WORD, That He might present it to Himself a glorious Church, NOT HAVING SPOT, OR WRINKLE, OR ANY SUCH THING; BUT THAT IT SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLEMISH." (Eph. 5:25-27).

It's The WORD that sanctifies, makes holy, and without blemish.

[Judith Anne]

Here now, keep up. In post 610, mm said to MD,

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“Tell us where in the Bible that we are told to take the tradition of men on equal standing with the Word of God.

Every time Jesus encountered that mindset, He condemned it and responded with *It is written....*.

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So, if you catch up with the intervening posts, it may help.

I LOVE scripture, with some exceptions, I just don’t worship the Bible. Do you?