Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
In other words, we must believe in the institution that He Created w.r.t. the Apostles and the Holy Spirit commissioned at Pentecost. Thanks for pointing that out.
>>I think that you are of the belief that you can create your own doctrines and that you can hold Jesus to your own standards.<<
“searched the scriptures daily to see if these things are true” Can’t find the bodily assumption of Mary. Can’t find praying to those who have left this earth other than Jesus. I can’t find paying for indulgences.
You might want to find out what the early Christians believed and the documents that they used as references.
C’mon Mark, they can’t remember what was posted to them in this thread, much less the historical early church.
Either that or they just ignore both as neither square up with their man made faith.
That anyone could read the NT and not see an organized church with a hierarchy is beyond me.