IF you are a Believer, you are not a servant, beggar, friend, or even a sinner saved by grace. You are a new creation in Christ Jesus, and if led by the Spirit, a child of God, and joint-heir with Jesus. Grab hold of the revelation of who you are in Christ in God's Word!
Just to add to the verses cited by CynicalBear.
This is your present reality, if you believe in God's Love, and trust His Word.
Ephesians 2:4-10 (KJV)
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
In those few verses, which are confirmed elsewhere, you see the folly of religion. There is nothing you can do. God did it all. And its a wonderful thing!
Romans 8:10-16 (KJV)
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Note carefully who and where you are in Christ. Also note its not about religion in the Body of Christ, but relationship with your Heavenly Father. Would you run to your uncles or neighbors to have them ask your father on your behalf? Or would you boldly go straight to your Father who is LOVE? In my family, I went straight to my father. Imagine how an earthly father might feel if his children felt the need to have others intercede for them because of fear, or doubt, or uncertainty of their father's love for them. God loves you and does not play favorites. Trust in His Love! Believe His Word!
John 15:7-8 (KJV)
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
John 15 was spoken to servants before Jesus calls them friends later in that chapter. Now if a friend can have this kind of authority with God's Word abiding in them, HOW MUCH MORE success would a child of God have with that same Word living in them?
Trust God's Word. Have confidence in who you are in Christ.
Hebrews 11:6 (KJV)
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Note the last line, diligently seek HIM. Its your faith, your complete trust in the Living Word, that pleases God because that connects you to all that He has promised!
Colossians 2:6-10 (KJV)
6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Flee from tradition and the reasoning of men. Believe God's Word - you are complete in HIM.
All of Ephesians is germane, but this passage is a good conclusion. Do you think Paul's prayers were answered? Why not receive this as Truth for yourself?
Ephesians 3:14-21 (KJV)
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Amen and Amen!! That no man should boast. All glory to God!
“Flee from tradition and the reasoning of men. Believe God’s Word - you are complete in HIM.”
You have those verses because of translations of Spirit-inspired writings in other languages. Translations require REASON: context, interpretation, conjecture, history. That is how Scripture evolved, that is how Catholic teaching evolved, such as the Immaculare Conception, such as Warrens work, such as your writing above -All of it is potentially inspired and true. If any of the teaching on Mary has a meaning outside the core Truth of Scripture (not literal truth), you show us - you haven’t shown that yet.