How would you call a Protestantism that has split into thousands of contradictory sects? If it cannot be the ONE truth and teaching of Christ isn’t this a plague?
BTW, didn't you know that satan is at every church service, every mass?
What is this One Truth???
I must commend you on your attempts of obfuscation. You stated without Mary's intercession there is no salvation. I stated no such doctrine was mentioned by the apostles. I have to conclude you view the Holy Scriptures as incomplete.
You may want to lay off your examples above. Joseph Smith declared himself a prophet and elevated himself as a necessary intercessor. I can't find where he justifies such using the Bible so he offered a false gospel and made up his own BOM so he could declare his claims.
David Koresh too saw himself as an intercessor between God and man. He convinced his followers what he wrote was from God. Of course a quick examination of the Holy Bible shows us he too preached a false gospel.
Osteen, if you have not heard is taken to task almost daily here as preaching an incomplete gospel. Which means it is a false gospel. How do protestants and evangelicals point out his error. Yes the Holy Scriptures.
The JWs look to the Bible AND what comes out of the watchtower. They have added and subtracted from Holy Scriptures.
So I would be careful making claims the above groups or individuals are grouped with protestants and evangelicals...They are not. In fact all of the above either ignore Holy Scriptures, add to them or both. On this thread your arguments did a good job following their model.
This should reveal to you that protestants and evangelicals hold Holy Scriptures supreme in determining truth claims.
Explain the worldwide, regional, and even local contradictions in Holy Roman Catholic "churches".
Explain the contradictory temporal changes in the "Holy Roman Catholic Church's" application of rules and procedures.
And while you're at it: either list the "thousands" of protestant sects or use a different number.
Furthermore:
Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one." For although there may be so- called gods in heaven or on earth - as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords" - yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. (I Cor 8:4-6)You said "sects" and I would have said "religions." I say that "religions" do one of three things: They either "excuse", "promote", or "ignore" sin. Because of that, I have no use for "religion."
I trust Jesus Christ and His Word alone to inform me. Men tend to "carve" their own image of God and thus to suit themselves and their sin.
Some religions are closer to God's Truth than others (based on how they disciple their adherents). Others have used sharp knives to shape something that looks good but is far, far from the Truth. Many religions look good from man's perspective because they fit man's natural expectation of what makes sense to them ("MY God wouldn't ..."). Many people fall into those errors and will go to hell.
We hear from them every day.
Do you seriously imagine there was no heresy prior to the Reformation? Did no assortment of “contradictory sects” exist before Luther came into the scene? Did Catholicism’s monopoly of the Christian faith prevent schisms and sects prior to “Protestantism”?