Neither will we be able to rely on our personal interpretation of Scripture based upon our own denominational bias or personal prejudices.
Consider this:
Catholics: Some will appear before the Lord believing and practicing all understandings of Mary, the mother of Jesus, as their service to the Lord..
Protestants: Others will appear before the Lord asserting that they did not believe nor practice such an understanding in their service to the Lord.
Our God would be a very small God indeed if our salvation hinged on this one issue. We are saved by grace through faith working in love. Ultimately nothing else matters.
But if someone is serving Mary, they are not serving God. If they are trusting Mary, they are not trusting God.
Mary and God are not interchangeable. Trusting Mary does not be default translate into trusting God.
I would like some Catholic somewhere to explain exactly what the point of all this Mary stuff is anyways.
Will God not listen to those who follow Him when they pray?
Was Jesus atonement not enough in and of itself that works must be added to it?
Is the Holy Spirit incapable of giving grace to the believer that Mary is necessary to fill in?
If God can do it all, then whatâs the point of all the Mary stuff? Itâs redundant.
If Mary is necessary, then people think that God is not enough in and of Himself to do His own work without âhelpâ from Mary and that makes God less than God and Mary greater than Him as she is filling in what He lacks.
FWIW, no Christians will be condemned. Many who call themselves Christians will be, but no genuine believers in JESUS, will be.