I agree we are all poor miserable sinners, beggars for grace in need of a Savior.
Quix, talking to P#4 today he gave me some insight as to the reason God allows all the denominational, institutional religious stuff in Christianity.
It is a weed wheat idea. The self righteous moral policemen religious ones are the weeds and they grow with the wheat( The true universal church that transcends divisions and denominations and has true unity) to keep it strong. The constant persecution of the wheat by the weeds helps us become over comers. There was also something about how in farming wheat the weeds protect the wheat some how from the winds. Not sure I see the analogy yet, I try to get clarification if I remember.
Interesting idea.
Thx.