>> “Jesus Christ put the authority for selecting shepherds in the hands of the Apostles who have passed that authority down to us in an unbroken chain...” <<
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That is Satan’s clear word!
Satan owns all of the “churches” but especially the one that claims to be ‘catholic.’
Yeshua’s followers gather in loose affiliations that are easily dissolved when falsehood creeps into those in leadership roles.
It has always been this way, and must continue.
His way is narrow, and few there be that find it. He said so.
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Spin that cylinder all you like but no one gets out of here alive and when the chamber is the loaded one you'll be hearing, "I never knew you" unless you take the Scripture seriously and study it as a whole rather than in pieces you like cut up any way you like to make it say what you like.
The very first step in taking up your cross and following Him is abandoning the Eve mindset of deciding for yourself how things should be.
Oh, and "as a whole" includes those seven books of Scripture Luther threw out because Scripture so clearly contradicts him leaving the "Some Scripture Alone" folks to pretend the anti-Christ, anti-Christian, Pharisee Approved Luther Subset is the entire Bible.
It's clear to me denying the Holy Spirit enrures you get an, "I never knew you" welocme.
Other people apparently don't agree and deny the power and abilities of the Holy Spirit without a second thought.